FIU Nature Preserve

Touring nature with the Garden Club

By Alexandra Phelps | Staff Writer A vast variety of greenery exists on Florida International University’s own Modesto A. Maidique campus, and the Garden Club can tell you all about it. As sorghum stalks towered and the air caught a scent of Brazilian pepper, students were given a tour of MMC’s Organic Garden, found just […]

Student Perspective: The nature preserve is under appreciated

Mia Davis | Contributing Writer  When walking on the west side of campus, many students are on their way to the indoor gym, walking right past the nature preserve to get there. In doing so, they miss out on one of FIU’s undervalued gems. Last semester my passion for agriculture became a passion for conservation, […]

Athletic practice fields to replace Nature Preserve

Peter Holland, Jr. // Staff Writer As the Nature Preserve has come to an end, new practice fields for FIU athletics are on the works. The University is planning to build new practice fields for the athletics and recreational program. The fields will be located at the Northern region of the Nature Preserve located right […]

Relocating the Fair could save the Nature Preserve

According to the International Society of Arboriculture, the Preserve houses one federally endangered, 12 state endangered, three federally threatened, and 17 state threatened species. It’s a delicate part of MMC and to let sport facilities take precedence over it is absurd.

A response to #PreserveOurFIU

So you’re an environmental activist determined to stop the administration’s plans to demolish a critical part of the nature preserve to build additional athletic practice fields on a college campus that has seven. I got bad news for you: You’ve already lost.

Students protest Nature Preserve remodel

“The issue with the lake removal is that it takes about 30 to 40 years to make it environmentally stable for native species to use it. So replacing it and putting it on another side of the Nature Preserve would not work,” Muñoz-Jimenez said.

Monday Motivation: cardio at Nature Preserve

FIU has a phenomenal outdoor fitness facility, the FIU Nature preserve.

Invasive brazilian pepper ferns making native Caribbean maiden hairs endangered

Somewhere in the southern reaches of Miami-Dade County, the only fern of its kind known to grow wild in the continental U.S. survives under a thicket of Brazilian pepper.

Stress free locations at Modesto A. Maidique Campus

Image by Avery Carlton Crystal Fernandez Contributing Writer Being stressed is a universal feeling, yet everyone stresses out differently. For some, a slight change in mood and a much faster heart rate is enough to let them know they’re getting anxious or overwhelmed. When stress creeps into your system it affects the way you think, […]

English class organizes environmental awareness event focusing on the Everglades

Writing as Social Action is a class that started a project to save the Everglades, has organized the event “6 ft. Under” on Nov. 22 -- in conjunction with the FIU Nature Preserve -- to raise awareness about rising sea levels, the loss of the Everglades and their effect on South Florida.

FIU falls short of tournament berth with draw at UAB

With a chance to start in the position where he began the season, sophomore Eric Reyes came up big for the FIU Panthers as they played the No. 25 University of Alabama Birmingham to a 0-0 draw on Oct. 29.
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