Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, March 29, 2021

Program Year

2021

Achievement

2021

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City of Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO

Wade Troxell

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Fort Collins sits nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains alongside the banks of the Cache La Poudre River, and is known to host a diversity of butterflies and pollinators. The many Natural Areas and Parks in Fort Collins provide habitat for Monarch butterflies and other pollinators. In addition, the Nature in the City program encourages habitat linkages throughout the city on non-city lands. With these programs in place, Mayor Wade Troxell commits to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators by signing of the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging the community in building more pollinator habitat throughout Fort Collins.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

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.)
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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

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.
Initiate or support community science (or citizen science) efforts that help monitor monarch migration and health.
Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

Systems Change ▸

Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.
Launch, expand, or continue one or more ordinances to reduce light pollution to benefit urban wildlife.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Emily Francis	2026	3/30/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Jeni Arndt	2025	4/7/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Jeni Arndt	2023	3/13/2023		View Pledge
Mayor Jeni Arndt	2022	12/21/2021	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Wade Troxell	2021	3/29/2021	Leadership Circle	View Pledge