Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Friday, March 7, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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Village of Waunakee

Waunakee, WI

Kristin Runge

Village President

Pledge Summary

The Village of Waunakee is located in south-central Wisconsin. It is a growing and thriving community with a population of roughly 16,000 people. It is home to nearly 400 acres of parkland, two conservancies, and many public green spaces. The Village of Waunakee is committed to restoring and conserving monarch and pollinator habitats throughout our community.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2025

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 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 ▸

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.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Village President Kristin Runge	2026	12/14/2025		View Pledge
Village President Kristin Runge	2025	3/7/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Village President Kristin Runge	2024	2/6/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Village President Kristin Runge	2023	3/1/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
Village President Chris Zellner	2022	2/1/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Village President Chris Zellner	2021	4/30/2021	Signatories	View Pledge