Pledge Status
Active
Pledge Date
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Program Year
2024
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Community Spotlight
The Village of Ridgefield Park's Nature Preserve
The Official Opening and Dedication Ceremony for Ridgefield Park’s Nature Preserve complete with nature trails, a floating boardwalk, and educational exhibit panels was held on June 3, 2023.
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Nature Walk
Nature Walks are held regularly with visitors from many different towns in the tri-state area. Volunteers are activity solicited.
Learn MoreAction Items Committed for 2024
- Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
- Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
- Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
- Convert vacant lots to monarch habitat.
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor John Anlian | 2024 | 2/20/2024 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor John Anlian | 2023 | 3/9/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor John Anlian | 2022 | 3/8/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
