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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Friday, April 1, 2022

Program Year

2022

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City of Johnston

Johnston, IA

Paula Dierenfeld

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Johnston is a north western suburb of Des Moines, IA. Incorporated in 1969, Johnston has 24,064 residents. Johnston has a long history rooted in agriculture and conservation. The seed corn company Pioneer Hi-Bred International (currently known as Corteva Agriscience) was founded in Johnston and the community served as it corporate headquarters. Johnston is also home to the international headquarters of John Deere Financial. Other organizations with a significant presence in Johnston include Camp Dodge (5,000 acres), an Iowa National Guard and US military training center, and Saylorville Lake (5,950 acres), an U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood risk management and recreation reservoir. Through the Johnston Parks Department the city has been actively planting and maintaining public areas to support milkweed and other pollinator-friendly plants

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2022

Communications and Convening ▸

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.
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 ▸

Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Paula Dierenfeld	2026	4/30/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Paula Dierenfeld	2025	5/2/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Paula Dierenfeld	2022	4/1/2022		View Pledge