Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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City of Leander

Leander, TX

Christine DeLisile

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Leander is a fast-growing city of 100,000 residents on the edge of the Texas Hill Country. We strive to promote attractive surroundings for our residents and promote environmental awareness. This includes the use of landscapes and plants that fit our region, and water conservation, which is an important to us. The Mayor's Monarch pledge is a great program that complements our efforts because it provides an additional way to communicate with residents about native plants and water at the same time. By promoting the support of the monarch and other pollinators for our plants, we also improve the community's appearance.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2025

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

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Initiate or support community science (or citizen science) efforts that help monitor monarch migration and health.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Na' Cole Thompson	2026	3/17/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Christine DeLisile	2025	2/27/2025	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Christine DeLisile	2024	3/20/2024	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Christine DeLisle	2023	3/10/2023	Signatories	View Pledge