Hills
Hills, IA
Tim Kemp
Summary for 2022
This coming spring will be the third year of the Hills Butterfly Grant Program. Up to ten residences will receive a reimbursement for installing a pollinator garden or adding to an existing garden. Gardeners are provided an extensive list of plants that will encourage visits from vital pollinators. Gardeners are also provided small plants from a local master gardener.
U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood
Fort Hood, TX
Chad Foster
Summary for 2022
Located in Central Texas, Fort Hood is the Army's premier installation in the Strategic Support Area to train and deploy heavy forces and the only installation in the United States capable of stationing and training two armored divisions. Serving as a model program for others to emulate, Fort Hood has created a variety of environmental policies, programs and projects that balance mission readiness and environmental stewardship. The installation is home to a pollinator sanctuary; outdoor meditative space; bird, bee, butterfly, and bat garden; and community gardens. U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood Commander Col. Chad R. Foster is committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with his signing of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging Soldiers, their Families, and Central Texans in building more pollinator habitat throughout Fort Hood and neighboring communities.
City of Bedford, Texas
Bedford, TX
Michael Boyter
Summary for 2022
The City of Bedford, Texas is located in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. We are a community of approximately 49,000 residents and have taken recent steps to evaluate and seek ways to improve and maximize the use of our Parks and Recreation system and assets. This includes a $70m improvement at our primary park called Generations Park at Boys Ranch. The City has a long history of volunteer led efforts at beautifying the entirety of our City through programs to clean up the City, planting flowers and fauna at our parks and in public spaces, and in working with various groups to bring art and color to these spaces as well. Such efforts have included creating monarch butterfly gardens in strategic locations in the City. With the new Generations Park nearing a grand opening, taking and executing on the Mayors' Monarch Pledge would be a great way to encourage citizen involvement in this new beautiful space.
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, UT
Erin Mendenhall
Summary for 2022
Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah situated between the Wasatch Mountains to the East and the Oquirrh Mountains to the West. The Public Lands department works to create and protect wildlife habitats by increasing biodiversity throughout parks and natural areas around the city. With help from community members, Salt Lake City has made huge strides in protecting pollinators like the monarch butterfly. Fairmont Stream is the site of a Certified Monarch Waystation after a series of pollinator friendly plantings. Expansion of this pollinator habitat is expected to be completed in 2022. Another successful project is the riparian habitat improvements at the Three Creeks Confluence, which will be expanded in 2022, as well. Salt Lake City understands the significance of prioritizing pollinator expansion and currently has multiple projects in the works to achieve this, including the Cornell Wetland Restoration Project. Mayor Mendenhall is committed to saving pollinators like the monarch and is looking forward to positive change with the Mayor's Monarch Pledge.
City of Gahanna
Gahanna, OH
Laurie Jadwin
Summary for 2022
The City of Gahanna is a suburb on the east side of Columbus, Ohio, and it is home to a population of 33,248. People come to Gahanna to live because of the city’s proximity to John Glenn International Airport, the 750 acres of parkland, over 17 miles of trails, and a sense of community that brings people together. Gahanna’s parks alone contain many special features such as community gardens, a State Nature Preserve, and a certified arboretum. Mayor Jadwin and other community leaders have supported efforts to save the monarch butterfly and other pollinators by signing the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. The City of Gahanna has placed importance on helping Ohio’s pollinating insects by planting new prairies, educating residents about the natural world, planting pollinator-friendly landscape beds, and partnering with the Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District Community Backyards Program and Green Columbus. The City of Gahanna is currently developing a Sustainability Plan that will help support sustainable initiatives such as land conservation and improved stewardship of Gahanna’s wildlife habitats.
Village of Hawthorn Woods
Hawthorn Woods, IL
Dominick DiMaggio
Summary for 2022
The Village of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, located just 35 miles north of the City of Chicago with approximately 9,062 residents, is an upscale, friendly “rural by design” community. As a certified Bee City USA and Tree City USA affiliate, an Audubon International Sustainable Community, and an International Dark Sky Community, the Village is fiercely committed to protecting our natural resources, boasting twenty-four park sites and two pollinator habitats – Brierwoods Preserve and Meadowlark Park and Arboretum. Mayor Dominick DiMaggio of the Village of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, has committed to saving the Monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and looks forward to expanding pollinator environments throughout the community.
City of Asheville
Asheville, NC
Esther Manheimer
Summary for 2022
Asheville is a city nestled in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Known for our biological diversity and lush ecosystems, Asheville was the birthplace of Bee City USA, now a national pollinator conservation association. In a resolution adopted on June 26, 2021, Asheville adopted a set of commitments to restoring habitat that provides food, nesting sites, and overwinter sites for pollinators. The City of Asheville is proud of our efforts to reverse pollinator decline by dedicating public space to support thriving pollinator communities and engaging residents in building more habitat throughout the city.
City of Springdale
Springdale, AR
Doug Sprouse
Summary for 2022
The City of Springdale is a beautiful community with a large diverse population. We have many different trails and parks, where many monarchs and pollinators can live and thrive. I am thrilled to be taking this pledge for another year. We will continue to do our part in preserving this pledge to protect the monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
Lanark County
County of Lanark, ON
John Fenik
Summary for 2022
Lanark County is a rural community west of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Lanark County Warden John Fenik committed to preserving habitat for the Monarch butterfly and other pollinators in 2022 by signing the Mayors' Monarch Pledge. Lanark County has taken the Mayors' Monarch Pledge since 2019 and continues to promote and restore pollinator habitat on rights-of-ways, county land, and within the community.
Malibu
Malibu, CA
Bruce Silverstein
Summary for 2022
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.
