Citizen Stewardship Committee

Urban Ecology Collaborative Stewardship Assessment

This assessment has been created by the Urban Ecology Collaborative (UEC) in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and state forestry agencies to determine the status of organizations and community-based urban forestry initiatives operating in selected major cities in the Northeast and Midwest (Boston, New Haven, New York, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington D.C). While a great deal of urban forestry data is emerging from cities across the country, there is currently no systematic assessment of the range of ecological opportunities and priorities for each city. This model assessment intends to identify the existing framework of organizational delivery systems, patterns, gaps and processes that relate to overall urban and community forest management. The findings will be presented with the intent to inform development of future programs.

UEC Assessment Description
UEC Assessment Tool
UEC Assessment Background/Development

Specifically, the assessment team intends to:

• Discover the gaps between biophysical and social resources, organizations, and programs
• Highlight specific stewardship opportunities, priorities and resources in each major city
• Examine the current capacity of organizations to use urban and community forestry activities in the improvement of the physical environment and quality of life issues common to large urban areas
• Determine strategies for the exchange of urban and community forestry tools and techniques

It is being implemented in NYC through the summer and fall of 2004 in a partnership between the USDA Forest Service, the OASIS Citizen Stewardship Committee, and the NYU Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Education.

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