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Friday, February 7, 2025

2025

2025

City of La Crosse

La Crosse, WI

Mitch Reynolds

Mayor

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.
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.

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.
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Launch, expand, or continue an effort to change municipal planting ordinances and practices to include more native milkweed and native nectar producing plants at city properties.
Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Mitch Reynolds	2025	2/7/2025	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Mitch Reynolds	2024	12/5/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Mitch Reynolds	2023	12/1/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Mitch Reynolds	2022	3/28/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Timothy Kabat	2021	3/17/2021		View Pledge