Pledge Status
Active
Pledge Date
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Program Year
2026
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Community Spotlight
Leaves provide insect homes!
Educational signage encourages folks to "leave the leaves" to create an over-winter habitat for insects.
Hermann Park Bioswale: Before & After
One of the two new bioswales excavated and under-seeded with native plant seeds in 2024 has been further planted with native pollinator-friendly plugs in Spring 2025! Blooms exploded for everyone's enjoyment, especially butterflies!
POLLINATOR WEEK
At the annual Village Movie Night showing of The Wizard of Oz, Pollinator Week was promoted both on land and screen!!
Pollinator Week Promotion
Our Spring Egg Hunt was the perfect time for a coloring contest promoting the upcoming 2025 Pollinator Week!
Going for a stroll.....
Monarch "cat" on its way to the milkweed leaves in the background for lunch!
Monarch Watch Station
One of the many Village native pollinator "pocket gardens" resides behind the Village Hall in Hermann Park. A perfect example to homeowners of what can be done to support monarchs in smaller spaces
Action Items Committed for 2026
- 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 Homeowners Associations (HOAs), Community Associations or neighborhood organizations to identify opportunities to plant monarch gardens and revise maintenance and mowing programs.
- 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).
- Earn or maintain recognition for being a wildlife-friendly city by participating in other wildlife and habitat conservation efforts (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat program).
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
- Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).
- Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.
- Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VILLAGE PRESIDENT KEITH VOGELER | 2026 | 4/28/2026 | View Pledge | |
| Village President Keith Vogeler | 2025 | 3/10/2025 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Village President Keith Vogeler | 2024 | 3/28/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
