Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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Moon Township

Moon, PA

David Bachman

Board of Supervisors Chairman

Pledge Summary

Moon Township is a suburb of Pittsburgh in Western Pennsylvania. The Township is home to a population of approximately 27,000 people. Moon Township has a long standing tradition of investment in public parks and open space. The Township has three landmark parks that feature over 600 acres of open space and over 15 miles of hiking trails. In 2019 the Township began converting open areas of both Robin Hill Park and Moon Park into no-mow wildflower meadows. These meadows have been planted with a special blend of native wildflowers and grasses specifically for pollinators. The Township continues to work to expand our native and pollinator plantings in our public spaces annually reviewing addition opportunities for plantings.

Community Spotlight

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 developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.

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.
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

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
Chairman David Bachman	2026	3/31/2026		View Pledge
Board of Supervisors Chairman David Bachman	2025	3/11/2025	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Board of Supervisors Chairman David Bachman	2024	3/28/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Chair of Moon Township Board of Supervisors John Hertzer	2021	4/7/2021		View Pledge