STEW-MAP: Understanding urban environmental stewardship in New York City 1 April 2009 Erika S. Svendsen (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station) Lindsay K. Campbell (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station) Dana R. Fisher (Columbia University, Department of Sociology) Jarlath O’ Niell-Dunne (University of Vermont / USDA Forest Service) Bryant Smith USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station) Amy Ullo (Research Assistant)

STEW-MAP Objectives Collect information on stewardship orgs’ characteristics, their geography, and their social networks Generate scientific findings that contribute to interdisciplinary bodies of knowledge Assess the current state of stewardship in NYC and develop an online stewardship database. Create web-based maps to support the NYC Million Trees Initiative, PlaNYC, OASIS, etc Identify gaps and work to strengthen stewardship

Collect information on stewardship orgs’ characteristics, their geography, and their social networks

Generate scientific findings that contribute to interdisciplinary bodies of knowledge

Assess the current state of stewardship in NYC and develop an online stewardship database.

Create web-based maps to support the NYC Million Trees Initiative, PlaNYC, OASIS, etc

Identify gaps and work to strengthen stewardship

STEW-MAP Introduction Online and mail-in survey Combined org databases of 20 umbrella groups, snowballed to saturation among data providers Initial N = 5,861 Final N = 2,793 Created by USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station with Columbia University and the University of Vermont SAL

Online and mail-in survey

Combined org databases of 20 umbrella groups, snowballed to saturation among data providers

Initial N = 5,861

Final N = 2,793

Created by USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station with Columbia University and the University of Vermont SAL

What is Environmental Stewardship? Groups that: Conserve Manage Monitor Advocate for and Educate their friends, neighbors, and representatives about their local environments (including water, land, air, waste, toxics, and energy issues).

Groups that:

Conserve

Manage

Monitor

Advocate for and

Educate their friends, neighbors, and representatives about their local environments (including water, land, air, waste, toxics, and energy issues).

Population Map

Respondent Map

Neighborhood Count

Spheres

Stewardship Partners

Applying networks to space

To learn more: www.nrs.fs.fed.us/nyc/stewardship_mapping/ www.oasisnyc.net/ http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/03/who-takes-care-of-new-york/ [email_address] [email_address]

www.nrs.fs.fed.us/nyc/stewardship_mapping/

www.oasisnyc.net/

http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/03/who-takes-care-of-new-york/

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