STEW-MAP is a research project about people who care for local environments in the four-state Chicago Wilderness region.

Over 400 environmental stewardship groups and organizations have filled out the STEW-MAP survey. Click the buttons below to explore the STEW-MAP project. We define Stewardship as environmental restoration, monitoring, education, conservation/preservation, advocacy, and/or taking care of a particular site or patch of land.

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