Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, April 10, 2023

Program Year

2023

Achievement

Signatories

2023

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City of Lafayette

Lafayette, CO

JD Mangat

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Lafayette, CO is a vibrant city located north of Denver with a population of approximately 32,000 residents. We value our many open spaces, wildlife species, and native plants. Our community prioritizes our planet and all of the creatures that inhabit it.

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Community Spotlight

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.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
  • Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.