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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Friday, February 3, 2023

Program Year

2023

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Orion Township

Lake Orion, MI

Chris Barnett

Supervisor

Pledge Summary

Orion Township is a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, with a population of approximately 40,000. Home to Bald Mountain State Recreation Area, Orion Oaks County Park, 5 Township Parks, hundreds of miles of trails and safety paths, and 42 lakes over 5 acres. Orion Township is committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with our signing of the Mayors' Monarch Pledge and look forward to engaging residents to build even more pollinator habitats throughout the community.

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Action Items Committed for 2023

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.)
  • Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
  • 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 Homeowners Associations (HOAs), Community Associations or neighborhood organizations to identify opportunities to plant monarch gardens and revise maintenance and mowing programs.
  • Engage with developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.