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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Friday, December 4, 2020

Program Year

2021

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City of The Colony

THE COLONY, TX

Joe McCourry

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The Colony is a City in north Texas with a population of about 45,000. We are known as the City by the lake, because we are located on the SE shore of Lake Lewisville. Mayor McCourry has committed to preservation of the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayors' Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging resident in creating more and maintaining current pollinator habitat throughout the city.

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Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening

  • Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
  • 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 or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
  • 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.

Systems Change

  • Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).
  • Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.
  • Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.