Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Program Year

2022

Achievement

Signatories

2022

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City of Atlantic Beach

Atlantic Beach, FL

Ellen Glasser

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Atlantic Beach is small city located on a barrier island in Northeastern Florida’s Duval County. The city consists of 13 square miles of which just 27 percent is land with the remainder water. Approximately 14,000 residents make their homes in between the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Tidal Marsh to the west. The city is actively engaged in sustainability and resilience programs which seek to preserve the natural beauty of our community and to protect our natural resources for the generations to come. The Mayor’s Monarch Pledge will provide the community with a highly visible and significant program to educate and involve its citizens in a noble endeavor to saving monarch butterfly habitats as well as promoting interests in similar programs.

Community Spotlight

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Monarch Butterfly Waystation

The City of Atlantic Beach Monarch Butterfly Waystation- located at City Hall/Jack Russell Park

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Monarch Butterfly Waystation

The City of Atlantic Beach Monarch Butterfly Waystation- located at City Hall/Jack Russell Park

Action Items Committed for 2022

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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.

Systems Change

  • Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.