Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Program Year
2022
Achievement
2022
Links and Uploads
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Community Spotlight
2022 Mayors' Monarch Pledge Proclamation Day
Chip Roscom, chair of Trenton Parks & Rec, reads the proclamation
Milkweed Propagation Workshop Fall 2022
Maine Master Naturalist Cyrene Slegona explains how to propagate milkweed
Action Items Committed for 2022
- Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
- 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.
- 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.
- Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chair, Board of Selectmen R. Frederick Ehrlenbach | 2024 | 3/8/2024 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Chairman, Board of Selectmen R. Frederick Ehrlenbach | 2023 | 2/3/2023 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Chairman, Board of Selectmen R. Frederick Ehrlenbach | 2022 | 3/31/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
