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Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Program Year

2022

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Yorktown

Yorktown, NY

Matt Slater

Supervisor

Pledge Summary

The Town of Yorktown is a beautiful community of 36,000 residents in Northern Westchester County, New York, 35 miles from New York City, with forty square miles of rolling hills, farmland, residential areas and light industry. Yorktown is comprised of many parks and open spaces where residents enjoy activities from swimming and playing sports to hiking nature trails and picnicking with family and friends. With excellent schools, active community organizations, and dedicated civic leaders. Town Supervisor Matt Slater, on behalf of the community, has committed Yorktown to the enthusiastic promotion, protection, support and recovery of the Monarch Butterfly

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Action Items Committed for 2022

Communications and Convening

  • Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
  • 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).