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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Monday, March 29, 2021

Program Year

2021

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City of Nacogdoches

Nacogdoches, TX

Shelley Brophy

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Nacogdoches is a city in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Known as the "Oldest Town in Texas," Nacogdoches is home to Stephen F. Austin State University, plentiful gardens and natural areas, and five National Register Historic Districts. Citizens here take pride in being designated the Garden Capital of Texas and visitors come from around the country to enjoy the azalea blooms each year. A partnership with National Wildlife Federation is a perfect match and this pledge will help uphold and further goals already in motion to expand native plant areas and educate residents. Staff are well aware of the important role Texas plays in the monarch migration route and will do what they can to promote monarch and pollinator habitat.

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Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening ▸

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.
Create a community-driven educational conservation strategy, initiative, or practice that focuses on and benefits local, underserved residents.
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.
Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

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 Shelley Brophy	2021	3/29/2021		View Pledge