Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Program Year

2021

Achievement

2021

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City of North Mankato

North Mankato, MN

Mark Dehen

Mayor

Pledge Summary

North Mankato Minnesota is a community with a population of 14,000. We currently have prairies at Benson Park and Bluff Park along with 19 other community parks, which incorporate Pollinator Gardens. Mayor Dehen of North Mankato, Minnesota has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. It is our goal to work with Local Master Gardeners and the 4H groups to help in the education to our citizens about pollinator gardens and their purpose.

Community Spotlight

Let's Pollinate 2021!

Off to plant plugs!

Let's Pollinate 2022

Prairie Planting Demonstration by Minnesota Natural Landscapes and Nicollet 4-H members

Let's Pollinate 2022!

Residents helped plant 300 plugs

Let's Pollinate 2023!

Rainy day at Spring Lake Park, but we planted 300 Blazing Star plugs.

Let's Pollinate 2024

City of North Mankato Sanctuary Garden. Designed in 2022 and is a work in progress.

Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening ▸

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.
Engage with gardening leaders and partners (e.g., Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Nature Centers, Native Plant Society Chapters , other long-standing and influential community leaders) to support monarch butterfly conservation.
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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Scott Carlson	2024	3/7/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Scott Carlson	2023	3/20/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Mark Dehen	2022	2/8/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Mark Dehen	2021	3/9/2021	Signatories	View Pledge