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Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Friday, January 2, 2026

Program Year

2026

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City of Sugar Land

Sugar Land, TX

Carol McCutcheon

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Sugar Land is committed to equitable engagement through its Monarch Pledge initiatives. By intentionally engaging our diverse volunteer base in all pollinator planting and butterfly garden maintenance programs, our efforts have successfully reached a variety of communities across the city. Further raising awareness, a proclamation will revised for the pledge year 2026 and recognized by City Council, ensuring the conservation message reaches a broad, city-wide audience.

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Action Items Committed for 2026

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 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 art project to enhance and promote monarch and pollinator conservation as well as cultural awareness and recognition.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

  • 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.
  • Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
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