Abstract

A boundary-spanning organization for transdisciplinary science on land stewardship: The Stewardship Network

Highlights

  • The Great Lakes region of North America is home to globally significant natural lands and waters

  • People and organizations in the Great Lakes region, USA take seriously their role as stewards of natural resources, many lack capacity to fulfill that role in a meaningful way

  • The Stewardship Network (TSN) envisions “a world of empowered, connected communities caring for land and water, and forever,” and fulfills that vision through its mission to “connect, equip, and mobilize people and organizations to care for land and water in their communities.”

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Introduction

The Great Lakes region of North America is home to globally significant natural lands and waters. TSN uses a scalable model of linked local and regional capacity building, science communication, civic engagement, and on-the-ground stewardship activities to achieve these goals. The model engages local and regional groups in an ongoing process of learning around conservation and restoration that improves social and ecological knowledge.

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