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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Friday, April 29, 2022

Program Year

2022

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Charter Township of Royal Oak

Ferndale, MI

Donna squalls

Supervisor

Pledge Summary

The Charter Township of Royal Oak is a small township nestled between the cities of Oak Park and Ferndale. The population is 2500 and we are a proud, close knit community. Supervisor Squalls of Royal Oak Township has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and their pollinators with her signing of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the community.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2022

Communications and Convening ▸

Engage with Homeowners Associations (HOAs), Community Associations or neighborhood organizations to identify opportunities to plant monarch gardens and revise maintenance and mowing 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 ▸

Host or support a monarch neighborhood challenge to engage neighborhoods and homeowners' associations within the community to increase awareness, support community unity around a common mission, and/or create habitat for the monarch butterfly.

Systems Change ▸

Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Supervisor Donna squalls	2022	4/29/2022		View Pledge