Community Profile

Pledge Summary

Canton Township is the 9th largest community in Michigan with a population of 100,000. We are also the most diverse community in Michigan with our tapestry of many cultures, races and backgrounds. Canton Township is committed to committing to pollinator conservation and our examples of this are as follows: We have established a Nature Conservancy group as well as engaged with community garden groups and urged them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants. We have also engaged with township parks and recreation, public works, created a sustainability committee and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed and native nectar planting programs. Our nature conservancy group engages with gardening leaders and partners to support monarch butterfly conservation. We have hosted many native seed and plant sale giveaways and swaps, as well as facilitated and supported a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort. We have many community gardens, as well as two parks with over 100 acres designated as nature areas. Recently we held a community wide pollinator friendly garden planting at our township hall, and planted milkweed and pollinator friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, public right-of-ways and neighborhoods. We are once again launching an invasive species removal program to support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators. Many of our sites also have educational signage at the pollinator habitat.