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Pledge Status

Pending Review

Pledge Date

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Program Year

2025

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City of Rockwall

Rockwall, TX

Trace Johannesen

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Rockwall is located east of the Dallas on the east shore of Lake Ray Hubbard with a population of 52,000 plus and has 9 Monarch waystations in 9 different parks and is committed to the conservation of the Monarch and other pollinators

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Breezy Hill Monarch Waystation Rockwall Texas

Installed in 2020 At The Park at Breezy Hill. Maintained by the Butterfly Brigade

Action Items Committed for 2025

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.

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.
  • Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change

  • Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.
  • Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.