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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Monday, April 25, 2022

Program Year

2022

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City of Wausau

Wausau, WI

Katie Rosenberg

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Wausau is a community of about 40,000 people in the heart of Central Wisconsin. For the second year in a row we are committing to a community-wide No Mow May effort. We are also support several community gardens and are working closely with Monk Botanical Gardens on efforts to engage and educate our population on native species. Additionally we started employing goats last year to eat invasive species instead of spraying herbicides in some areas, particularly along the river.

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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.
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 ▸

Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

Systems Change ▸

Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Doug Diny	2026	3/24/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Katie Rosenberg	2022	4/25/2022		View Pledge