City of Raton
Raton, NM
Neil Segotta
Summary for 2023
Raton New Mexico is situated at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in northeastern New Mexico. Raton is a small mountain community with a population hovering around 6500 people.Raton is known for its friendly faces, mountain vistas and refreshing mountain waters. Mayor Segotta has committed to saving the Monarch butterfly and other pollinators by signing the Mayor's Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the community.
Town of Flower Mound
Flower Mound, TX
Derek France
Summary for 2023
Located North of Grapevine Lake in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area with a population of 80,000; The Town of Flower Mound is committed to preserving the unique country atmosphere and heritage that makes Flower Mound one of the best places to live, work, and play. Through the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge, the Town endeavors to further engage in the conservation of vital pollinator habitat and looks forward to a growing community effort to save the monarch butterfly.
Village of Grayslake
Grayslake, IL
Rhett Taylor
Summary for 2023
Grayslake is a Village located in Northeast Illinois with a population of roughly 21,000. The Village has worked extensively to maintain and create green space in conjunction with development, and places emphasis on planting native plants and other pollinator promoting plants when undertaking landscaping and other projects. Mayor Taylor is committed to protecting the Monarch butterfly population and looks forward to continuing to work to promote local pollinators through the Village’s efforts as well as engaging the community about ways they can help the Monarchs at home.
Town of Zionsville
Zionsville, IN
Emily Styron
Summary for 2023
Zionsville is a town of about 30,000 residents located in Central Indiana. Often called a town within a park, Zionsville has preserved over 500 acres of parks, most left in its natural habitats. Along with preserving and restoring our native wetlands, forest and prairie habitats, Mayor Styron has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other native pollinators by signing the Mayor's Monarch Pledge. The Zionsville community looks forward to continuing to build native habitat throughout Zionsville.
City of Loretto
Loretto, MN
Kent Koch
Summary for 2023
The City of Loretto is a small city, population 647, on the western edge of Hennepin County, Minnesota. Our Mayor and City Council Members have once again unanimously supported renewing the Mayors' Monarch Pledge. 2023 will be Loretto's fifth year participating in the pledge. The city is committed to improving the Monarch habitat through community education, planting and maintaining milkweed and pollinator gardens at city parks and supporting a milkweed seed giveaway.
City of Greenville SC
Greenville, SC
Knox White
Summary for 2023
Situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Greenville is the major metropolitan area of the Upstate region of South Carolina with a population of over 70,000. Greenville’s reinvigorated downtown serves as the focal point, contributing significantly to the city’s rising reputation as one of the best places to live in the United States. The city features more than 400 acres of parkland, including Unity Park, Greenville’s newest park featuring state-of-the-art playgrounds, expansive green spaces, pedestrian bridges and walking trails and Falls Park on the Reedy River, featuring impressive natural waterfalls, gardens, nature trails and the Liberty Bridge, a striking pedestrian suspension bridge. Adding to the city’s distinctive charm is the Swamp Rabbit Trail, 22-miles of multi-use greenway that traverses along the Reedy River. The City of Greenville takes great pride in its parks and recreation system and the natural environment. Providing habitat for pollinators including Monarch butterflies is important to support the natural ecosystem, public and private gardens, and overall environment. The City of Greenville is committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge.
Miami-Dade County
Miami, FL
Daniella Levine Cava
Summary for 2023
With an estimated population of 2.7 million residents, Miami‐Dade County is the most populous county east of Chicago and the seventh largest in the nation by population. Palm Beach, Broward and Miami‐Dade counties comprise the Miami ‐ Fort Lauderdale ‐ Pompano Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), the nation’s seventh largest MSA and fourth largest urbanized area, with a total population of nearly 6.2 million. Approximately 424 square miles(excluding bay and coastal waters) of the County are within the urbanized area, while the total county area currently covers a total of 2,431 square miles, bound by Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Everglades National Park to the west, the Florida Keys to the south and Broward County to the north. Miami‐Dade County has the unique distinction of being the only metropolitan area in the United States that borders two national parks: Biscayne National Park and Everglades National Park. Collectively we champion Pollinator-friendly parks, preserves, and other areas, which include activities such as creating flower-rich habitats, providing places for nesting and egg laying, reducing the use of pesticides in parks and greenspaces; and then engaging park patrons and community members in this important conservation work.
City of Harker Heights
Harker Heights, TX
Spencer Smith
Summary for 2023
The City of Harker Heights is in Central Texas with a population roughly of 34,000. The city is close to the Interstate 35 corridor that follows the Monarch’s migration each year. Being in the path of the Monarch Migration, Mayor Spencer H. Smith of Harker Heights has invested in creating a pocket prairie, native pollinator gardens, and providing education that engages the community to help protect the Monarch Butterfly.
City of Lewisville
Lewisville, TX
TJ Gilmore
Summary for 2023
In Spring of 2016, the City of Lewisville first took on The National Wildlife Federation's Mayor's Monarch Pledge in order to protect the Texas State Insect, the monarch butterfly. Its 2500-mile migration slices through the heart of the City, bringing an immense amount of joy to all of our citizens. Over the last decade however, as butterfly populations have declined, witnessing the Great Monarch Migration has become difficult, to say the least. In order to support this iconic insect's journey through North Texas, the City of Lewisville will support community education, innovate the field of parkland management, construct pollinator habitat, and bring our citizens together for events that provide a butterfly's eye view of how pollinators impact our daily lives.
Borough of Cape May Point
Cape May Point, NJ
Robert Moffatt
Summary for 2023
Cape May Point is a small community at the tip of New Jersey. It is a stopover point on the southern migration path for the Monarch butterflies. Mayor Moffat, the Environmental Commission and members of the community are committed to providing habitat both as the milkweed host plant and fall nectaring plants.
