
Pledge Status
Did Not Report
Pledge Date
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Program Year
2024
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Community Spotlight

Interactive Native Planting Locations Map
Deerfield created an interactive map using GIS to show the native planting locations throughout the Village. Currently, four acres of turf have been converted to native gardens with an additional five acres planned for 2023.
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 community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
- Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
- Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
- Earn or maintain recognition for being a wildlife-friendly city by participating in other wildlife and habitat conservation efforts (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat program).
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
Past Pledge Archive
Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
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Mayor Daniel Shapiro | 2024 | 1/18/2024 | View Pledge | |
Mayor Daniel Shapiro | 2023 | 2/23/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
Mayor Dan Shapiro | 2022 | 12/21/2021 | Signatories | View Pledge |
Mayor Harriet Rosenthal | 2021 | 3/19/2021 | Signatories | View Pledge |