Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Program Year
2021
Achievement
2021
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Action Items Committed for 2021
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
- Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.
- Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Art Woodruff | 2026 | 2/26/2026 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor Art Woodruff | 2025 | 3/20/2025 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Art Woodruff | 2024 | 4/30/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Art Woodruff | 2023 | 12/6/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Art Woodruff | 2022 | 1/18/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Art Woodruff | 2021 | 3/30/2021 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
