Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Program Year

2022

Achievement

Leadership Circle

2022

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City of Pembroke Pines

Pembroke Pines , FL

Frank Ortis

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Pembroke Pines is an inclusive city in South Florida with a population of over 170,000. The city is nestled between the important ecosystem of the Everglades to the west and beautiful Atlantic beaches to the east. It's also home to many lush parks and community gardens. City of Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank C. Ortis has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators and even has a community butterfly garden especially dedicated in his honor and to his passion. Mayor Ortis further demonstrates his commitment to the monarch butterfly and other pollinators via the many programs, activities and projects, as well as in the signing of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and looks forward to continuing to engage residents in building more pollinator habitats throughout the city

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Action Items Committed for 2022

Communications and Convening

  • Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
  • Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
  • Create a community art project to enhance and promote monarch and pollinator conservation as well as cultural awareness and recognition.
  • 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

  • Earn or maintain recognition for being a wildlife-friendly city by participating in other wildlife and habitat conservation efforts (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat program).
  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
  • Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

Systems Change

  • Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.