Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, April 21, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

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2025

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City of Lambertville

Lambertville, NJ

Andrew Nowick

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Lambertville, situated along the scenic Delaware River and the D&R Canal, is one of "America's Prettiest Towns" according to Forbes. The City attracts tourists for its beauty, architecture, shops, restaurants, and annual Shad Festival. While its 1.1 square mile area is essentially built-out, Lambertville is home to native fauna such as Bald Eagles, Cooper's Hawks, foxes, beavers, and butterflies, plus native flora such as jewelweed, wild blackberry, milkweed, and buttonbush, which support many other animals. The volunteer group Lambertville Goes Wild, with the endorsement of the Environmental Commission and the City Council, is promoting habitat creation and enhancement throughout the fabric of the City. Lambertville achieved certification as a Community Wildlife Habitat in 2019, and has renewed certification each year since then. Mayor Nowick is committed to continuing these efforts, with a special emphasis on Monarchs, other butterflies and pollinators, and birds.

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Action Items Committed for 2025

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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.
  • Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.
  • Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.