Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, December 18, 2023

Program Year

2024

Achievement

Signatories

2024

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City of Pharr

Pharr, TX

Dr. Ambrosio Hernandez

Mayor

Pledge Summary

With a population of 80,000 residents, the City of Pharr is located in the Rio Grande Valley. This region of Texas is significant to the central migratory flyway of the monarch butterfly, and city leadership recognizes its importance in ensuring that our community is educated about this.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2024

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.
  • Create a community art project to enhance and promote monarch and pollinator conservation as well as cultural awareness and recognition.
  • 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.

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).
  • Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.