The National Wildlife Federation

Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, April 25, 2022

Program Year

2022

Achievement

Leadership Circle

2022

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City of Angleton

Angleton, TX

Jason Perez

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Angleton, the County Seat of Brazoria County, prides itself on community spirit and a small-town atmosphere within the Houston metropolitan area. Angleton is approximately 11.3 square miles in size and has a very diverse population of just under 20,000 residents. Mayor Perez of Angleton, TX has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with their signing of the Mayor’ Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the city.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2022

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.
  • Create a community art project to enhance and promote monarch and pollinator conservation as well as cultural awareness and recognition.
  • 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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
  • Launch or maintain an outdoor education program(s) (e.g., at schools, after-school programs, community centers and groups) that builds awareness and creates habitat by engaging students, educators, and the community in planting native milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program and Monarch Mission curriculum).
  • Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
  • Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
  • Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.