Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Program Year
2021
Achievement
2021
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Action Items Committed for 2021
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.
- Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.
- Launch, expand, or continue an effort to change municipal planting ordinances and practices to include more native milkweed and native nectar producing plants at city properties.
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warden Steve Fournier | 2024 | 3/28/2024 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Warden Peter McLaren | 2023 | 3/1/2023 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Warden John Fenik | 2022 | 3/25/2022 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Warden Christa Lowry | 2021 | 4/8/2021 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
