Interested in sustainability? Campus habitat for wildlife? Check out the above photos from PoE Alumni Jessica Kang (2012) who was able to make her team project from ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio into a reality thanks to the Campus Sustainability Fund and SAGE.

Incorporating nesting boxes on campus gives the opportunity to attract aesthetically pleasing barn owls at the UW.  Currently the UW is spending thousands of dollars on rodent control and attracting these fascinating creatures on campus would decrease the cost, while increasing biodiversity.  Through the Program on the Environment’s (PoE) Sustainability Studio (ENVIR 480) course, a group of students turned in a letter of intent to the Campus Sustainability Fund and was able to receive funding to install five boxes on campus.  Some locations include the rooftop of the Burke Museum, the Union Bay Natural Area, and the Grieg Garden.  Annual cleaning is also required and PoE’s student organization SAGE (The Student Association for Green Environments) has agreed to help out.  Two more boxes are slated to be installed in the new Husky Stadium.

For more information:

UW Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Barn Owl Boxes information