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Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Monday, April 27, 2026

Program Year

2026

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City of Perrysburg

Perrysburg, OH

Mark Weber

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Perrysburg is a growing community located in Northwest Ohio, on the Maumee River. Through our Natural Resources Division and our Department of Public Service, we have committed to many pollinator friendly activities. A few of these actions include educating the public on pollinator friendly native gardening, including rain gardens through our Master Rain Gardener Certification classes, the installation and maintenance of multiple native plant gardens on city property, and will be including signage at these designated locations in 2026. We encourage our parks and service crew applicators to leave milkweed in garden beds, and train them on where to and where not to mow based on the area and time of year. We have updated city ordinance section 660.14 language to allow native planting areas without them being considered a public nuisance since 2017. We plan to explore other options to continue this commitment to monarchs and pollinators each year in our natural resources planning.

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Action Items Committed for 2026

Communications and Convening ▸

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 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 ▸

Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
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.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.
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 Mark Weber	2026	4/27/2026		View Pledge