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Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Program Year

2025

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City of Chesterfield

Chesterfield, MO

Bob Nation

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Chesterfield, Missouri is a city in the St. Louis area. Our population is approximately 50,000. The city is located in west St. Louis County, with rolling, wooded hills and the Chesterfield valley lying next to the Missouri River. We value our parks, open space, and community gardens. Mayor Nation of Chesterfield, Missouri has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with his signing of the Mayors' Monarch Pledge. He looks forward to engaging residents, through the efforts of the Chesterfield Citizens' Environmental Advisory Committee, in building more pollinator habitat in our city.

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Action Items Committed for 2025

Communications and Convening

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