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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Program Year

2022

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U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood

Fort Hood, TX

Chad Foster

Garrison Commander

Pledge Summary

Located in Central Texas, Fort Hood is the Army's premier installation in the Strategic Support Area to train and deploy heavy forces and the only installation in the United States capable of stationing and training two armored divisions. Serving as a model program for others to emulate, Fort Hood has created a variety of environmental policies, programs and projects that balance mission readiness and environmental stewardship. The installation is home to a pollinator sanctuary; outdoor meditative space; bird, bee, butterfly, and bat garden; and community gardens. U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood Commander Col. Chad R. Foster is committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with his signing of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging Soldiers, their Families, and Central Texans in building more pollinator habitat throughout Fort Hood and neighboring communities.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2022

Communications and Convening ▸

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.
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 ▸

Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Convert vacant lots to monarch habitat.
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).
Initiate or support community science (or citizen science) efforts that help monitor monarch migration and health.
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.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Garrison Commander Chad Foster	2022	3/24/2022		View Pledge