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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Program Year

2021

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Yukon, OK

Yukon, OK

Shelli Selby

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Yukon, OK is the 16th largest city in Oklahoma with a population of 29,078.The town grew by 28% since the census of 2010. Spanning over 27 miles, the population density is 1096 people per square mile. Average household income is $87,729and median age is approximately 37 years of age. At the end of 2020, Yukon had approximately 10 Monarch Waystations, according to Monarch Watch website. Yukon has an active Parks and Recreation department that is active and interested in developing and implementing Monarch habitats.

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Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening

  • 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 community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
  • 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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
  • Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
  • Launch or maintain an outdoor education program(s) (e.g., at schools, after-school programs, community centers and groups) that builds awareness and creates habitat by engaging students, educators, and the community in planting native milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program and Monarch Mission curriculum).
  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
  • Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.