STEW-MAP: The Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project
Online Maps and Dashboards
Below are links to the ArcGIS online maps for each STEW-MAP location. These maps show respondent turfs, characteristics, and networks. From the website you will be able to explore the map and filter data. To learn more about how to navigate the map, view our help text here (PDF).
- 2007 NYC STEW-MAP
- 2017 NYC STEW-MAP
- 2011 Baltimore STEW-MAP
- 2019 STEW-MAP Comuna 10 in Medellin, Colombia
When using these datasets in articles or reports, please cite the dataset as USDA Forest Service. Year. Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP). Location. [computer file]
Data Download
Below are links to downloads STEW-MAP data, which include the tabular datasets (organizational attributes), geospatial datasets (GIS shapefiles), and social network dataset (edgelist with XY coordinates). Each location’s dataset includes a data dictionary; metadata are included in geospatial datasets. These are provisional datasets meant to offer a preview of the final datasets which will be shared on the Forest Service ArcGIS Online platform once it is launched.
- New York City 2007 Data 30.3 MB Zip
- New York City 2017 Data – Version 2 46 MB Zip
- Baltimore Data 1.25 MB Zip
- Bredger-Teton National Forest Data 2.70 MB Zip
- Comuna 10 in Medellin, Colombia Data 190 KB Zip
- North Kona and South Kohala, Hawai’i Data 1.35 MB Zip
- San Juan, PR Data 144 KB Zip
- Springfield Data 239 KB Zip
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When using these datasets in articles or reports, please cite the dataset as:
USDA Forest Service. Year. Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP). Location. [computer file]
News, Events, and More
- April 29, 2021, The Nature of Cities
- February 26, 2021, The Nature of Cities Festival
- February 26, 2021, The Nature of Cities Festival
- December 20, 2020, Nature of Cities
- December 1, 2020, Nature of Cities
- December 1, 2020, The Nature of Cities
- September 24, 2020, The Nature of Cities Blog
Latest Publications
- STEW-MAP NYC User Research Report
- Strengthening Partnerships Across the Landscape - Bridger-Teton National Forest STEW-MAP 2021
- STEW-MAP Oʻahu: Survey Results of the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project 2019.
- Activating urban environments as social infrastructure through civic stewardship
- Working together: the roles of geographic proximity, homophilic organizational characteristics, and neighborhood context in civic stewardship collaboration networks in Philadelphia and New York City
- Context matters: influence of organizational, environmental, and social factors on civic environmental stewardship group intensity
- STEW-MAP in the New York City region: survey results of the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project June, 2019
- A Social-ecological framework for urban stewardship network research to promote sustainable and resilient cities June 9, 2017
- Toward an understanding of citywide urban environmental governance: An examination of stewardship networks in Baltimore and Seattle September 9, 2016
- Recognizing Stewardship Practices as Indicators of Social Resilience: In Living Memorials and in a Community Garden August 12, 2016
- Stewardship mapping and assessment project: a framework for understanding community-based environmental stewardship February 25, 2016
- Mixed methods analysis of urban environmental stewardship networks August 31, 2015