Community Profile

Pledge Summary

Founded in 1778, the City of Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and sits on the banks of the Ohio River sharing the border with Indiana. Since first joining in 2018, Mayor Greg Fischer has again united with over 600 fellow mayors across the U.S. in support of monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation by signing the National Wildlife Federation’s “Mayor’s Monarch Pledge”. With the monarch butterfly population declining by 80% over the last 20 years, the monarch butterfly has emerged as an ambassador species to raise awareness for all pollinators and ecosystem health about their need for milkweed plants as well as other native wildflowers that provide nectar for food. Mayor Fischer is dedicated to environmental health by supporting sustainable monarch conservation efforts through encouraging, educating, and empowering citizens that their efforts to create more pollinator habitat throughout the community can have a lasting impact. Mayor Fischer also actively participates in the Louisville Zoo’s Monarch Conservation Program, now in it’s 5th year, by attending FlutterFest, a day of celebrating the monarch butterfly. The Louisville Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) and a Louisville Metro Government agency. The Louisville Zoo is also partner of the AZA’s Saving Animals From Extinction (S.A.F.E.) North American Monarch Butterfly Program.