Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, February 17, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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City of Quasqueton

Quasqueton, IA

Joe Miller

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Quasqueton is a city in east central Iowa with a population of roughly 570 citizens. The city is nestled along the Wapsipinicon River and is home to a beautiful campground located on the banks of the river. Mayor Miller of Quasqueton, Iowa has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with their signing of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat thoughout the city.

Community Spotlight

Historical Society plants milkweed

The historical society transformed a flowerbed in the rear of the building into a butterfly area. Planted with milkweed, the area will soon be welcoming Monarch's to continue their life cycle.

Councilman Love's established milkweed patch

Council member Orlan Love has an established milkweed patch next to his garden. He has been transplanting saplings from his patch to areas around town, like the park and campground.

Garden Club ladies plant butterfly friendly flower

A volunteer garden club of great lovely ladies come every spring to plant in City Hall's front flowerbed. This year their choice of flowers was a butterfly wildflower mix to accent the tiny baby milkweed the city clerk planted in the bed as well.

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 community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.

Systems Change ▸

Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Joe Miller	2026	2/5/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Joe Miller	2025	2/17/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Joe Miller	2024	3/30/2024	Leadership Circle	View Pledge