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Pledge Date

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Program Year

2022

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Liberty

Liberty, TX

carl pickett

mayor

Pledge Summary

liberty is a town of 9200 folks located on the trinity river about 45 miles northeast of houston - the third oldest city in texas - home to the 30,000 acre trinity river national wildlife refuge - monarchs can be found year-around in liberty and in addition liberty is on the flight path for monarch migration from mexico to canada -because of these facts we feel that we have a special connection with this amazing insect and wish to acknowledge this relationship by making a pledge

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Action Items Committed for 2022

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.
  • 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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Launch or maintain an outdoor education program(s) (e.g., at schools, after-school programs, community centers and groups) that builds awareness and creates habitat by engaging students, educators, and the community in planting native milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program and Monarch Mission curriculum).

Systems Change

  • 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.