City of South Bend
South Bend, IN
James Mueller
Summary for 2023
South Bend is a city of 100,000 people located in north-central Indiana. Mayor Mueller, along with the Parks and Recreation Department, is interested in helping sustain the monarch butterfly population. We are trying to achieve this through various means in our city parks. We value monarchs, as do the citizens of South Bend!
City of Carbondale, Illinois
Carbondale, IL
Carolin Harvey
Summary for 2023
The vibrant City of Carbondale, Illinois rests amidst the natural wonder of Southern Illinois. Our community is free of pretense, embracing the great outdoors as readily as urban sophistication. Here, we are open to new ideas, experiences and cultures, so you are encouraged to both express yourself and be yourself, in all ways. Our community recognizes that human health depends on the health of biodiverse ecosystems that can better support the security and resiliency of food systems, healthy soil and air quality. With this pledge, the City of Carbondale is choosing to renew its commitment to assuring that pollinator-supportive landscaping and practices are prioritized in all current and future developments. Through our pledge, the City of Carbondale, Illinois commits to 1. Taking meaningful actions to protect the pollinators of Southern Illinois 2. Raising awareness about the decline of pollinators 3. Conducting review and revision of city code to encourage pollinator-supportive landscape on public and private land within City of Carbondale city limits 4. Evaluating and correcting operations and landscape maintenance practices that could have unintended and detrimental effects on pollinator species 5. Creating a community-driven “pollinator yards” pilot program to educate and support community members interested in learning how to plant pollinator-supportive landscape in their own yards.
Town of Rolesville
Rolesville, NC
Ronnie Currin
Summary for 2023
Rolesville is a growing community of 10,000 citizens located just outside of the capital city of Raleigh. With our growth, we are looking to meet our responsibility to the nature that surrounds us. By signing the Mayors' Monarch Pledge, Mayor Currin is looking to help assist in saving the monarchs and other pollinator populations while also educating our community regarding their needs.
Uwchlan Township
Exton, PA
Mayme Baumann
Summary for 2023
Uwchlan Township is located in the heart of historic Chester County, Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles west of the City of Philadelphia. The Township is committed to providing safe habitats for monarchs and pollinators, partnering with the Township's Environmental Advisory Council to plant demonstration gardens and host educational opportunities for Uwchlan Township residents.
City of McAllen
McAllen, TX
Javier Villalobos
Summary for 2023
The City of McAllen is a city in south Texas with a population of roughly 142,000. It is the largest city in Hidalgo County of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, a region known for its high biodiversity and as an ecotourism destination. Mayor Javier Villalobos of McAllen, Texas has committed to conserving the monarch butterfly and the pollinator community that are so important to ecosystem and economic health. Mayor Villalobos looks forward to engaging residents and creating more pollinator habitat throughout the city
Malibu
Malibu, CA
Bruce Silverstein
Summary for 2023
Malibu is a unique land and marine environment and residential community whose citizens have historically evidenced a commitment to sacrifice urban and suburban conveniences to protect that environment and lifestyle and to preserve unaltered natural resources and rural characteristics. Since its incorporation in 1991, the City of Malibu has worked tirelessly, to uphold this founding vision. The City has built three stormwater treatment facilities to improve local water quality. Multiple pollinator gardens have been planted and only native plants are installed on City-owned properties. The City's policies continue to promote green building, native landscaping, and recycled water reuse to preserve Malibu's unique natural environment. The City of Malibu has adopted a progressive Earth Friendly Management Program as well as a Dark Sky Ordinance which sets the City above others in its dedication to Monarchs and the local natural ecosystem as a whole.
Borough of Point Pleasant Beach
Borough of Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Paul M. Kanitra
Summary for 2023
Point Pleasant Beach is a coastal community with a strong focus on environmental stewardship. We have worked with our own Environmental and Shade Tree Commissions and our Green Team to revitalize borough-owned land into pollinator gardens, preserve open space with native species, and work with third-parties such as the state DOT to install pollinator rain gardens. We will continue to work to preserve pollinator habitats and sustainable green infrastructure where feasible.
City of St. Augustine
St. Augustine, FL
Nancy Sikes-Kline
Summary for 2023
Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European and African-American origin in the United States. Forty-two years before the English colonized Jamestown and fifty-five years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the Spanish established at St. Augustine this nation's first enduring settlement.
Town of Melita
Melita, MB
William Holden
Summary for 2023
Melita is a town located in the southwestern corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is surrounded by the Municipality of Two Borders and occupies a bend of the Souris River. Located along PTH 3 and 83. With a population of ~1,000 residents we are a community working together to help create new habitat for Monarchs and to help them in any way we can. Being a part of the Mayoral Monarch Pledge program is very important to us and we look forward to continue to be a part of it for the years to come!
City of Mesa
Mesa, AZ
John Giles
Summary for 2023
The City of Mesa is a part of a large metropolitan area in Arizona that is located in the beautiful desert Southwest. Mesa has been fortunate to be able to work with Southwest Monarch Study, a nonprofit researching the migration and breeding patterns of monarch butterflies in Arizona and the Southwestern U. S. Through their efforts, we know that there is much more to learn about the wild monarch migration throughout our region. With a size of 138 square miles and a population of over 500,000 residents, it just makes sense that we can and should be mindful of ways to enhance habitat for these and other pollinators and to encourage our greater community to do the same. It is an honor for me to support this initiative from the National Wildlife Federation and to join hundreds of other mayors in this effort.
