City of Salem
Salem, VA
Renee TURK
Summary for 2021
Located directly off of Interstate 81, Salem is a city in southwest Virginia, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with a population of approximately 25,335. Salem's delightful downtown area is home to a variety of retail shops, unique restaurants, breweries, antique shops, a library, gardens, museums, parks, business offices, and also backs up to Roanoke College, a liberal arts (Division III) private college. Mayor Renee Ferris Turk has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitats throughout the City of Salem in the future.
City of Prairie Village
Prairie Village, KS
Eric Mikkelson
Summary for 2021
Prairie Village, Kansas is an inner-ring suburb of the Kansas City metropolitan area with a population of approximately 22,000. The city sits just inside of the Kansas state line. Known for its prominent tree canopy and many parks, Prairie Village has always focused on promoting its environment for the betterment of and enjoyment by the public. As a continuation to these efforts, Mayor Mikkelson, in partnership with the City's Environmental Committee, is committing to expand our efforts in this space by signing the Mayor's Monarch Pledge to protect monarchs, local pollinators, and their habitats in our city.
City of League City
League City, TX
Pat Hallisey
Summary for 2021
League City is a waterfront community nestled along the shores of Clear Creek in Galveston County, Texas with a 2021 population of approximately 110,467. It is located in the Greater Houston Metropolitan area with close proximity to Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. League City is home to the South Shore Harbor Resort and Conference Center, Butler Longhorn Museum, and two regional parks (Challenger 7 Memorial Park and Walter Hall Park). Additionally, there are 15 City parks, including the 148 acre Clear Creek Nature Center. The City is part of the Great Texas Birding Trail with three birding sites on the Clear Lake Loop. League City has begun efforts to save our State insect, the Monarch Butterfly, and other pollinators by signing the pledge, as well as becoming a Bee City USA affiliate, to encourage our citizens to provide pollinators with a healthy habitat throughout the City.
City of Cuero
Cuero, TX
Sara Post Meyer
Summary for 2021
Cuero, Texas, a community of 8256 located in South Central Texas, is proud of its heritage, its history, and its hospitality. the community's citizens are active in its landscaping efforts in parks and other public places. the citizens, once informed of the decline of the monarch population, began planting pollinator plants in private places. Students at elementary and junior high have studied the monarch and its migration through Cuero and prepared posters sharing important facts about butterflies, monarchs in particular. In addition students built small native gardens at their schools to help with migration. Mayor Sara Post Meyer encourages citizens to plant natives and other pollinator plants in their gardens. Mayor Meyer has signed the Monarch Pledge for the last four years.
Village of Palos Park
Palos Park , IL
John Mahoney
Summary for 2021
The Village of Palos Park is a unique and active community in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago. Residents enjoy a good balance of business, community events, great trails and outdoor recreation nestled in the midst of dense wooded land. The Village is a wonderful place to live and raise a family in a natural environment and the ecosystem is encouraged and respected. The Village has had butterfly and pollinator gardens for several years, but more recently, plans are underway to add more in the area.
City of Pasadena
Pasadena, CA
Victor Gordo
Summary for 2021
The City of Pasadena with nearly 145, 000 residents is a diverse city that borders the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and is not far from downtown Los Angeles. The unique location is both a bustling city and home to a large number of native wildlife. The collision of city life and wildlife is best known in Pasadena as the Wild Urban Interface (WUI.) In 2006 the city adopted a Green and Sustainable Community Action Plan called The Green Action Plan. The plan is popular with residents, business owners, and local non-profits who notoriously take action to help guide the City towards sustainability and environmental commitment. Mayor Victor Gordo has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators by signing the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge. Inline with the current goals The City of Pasadena proudly continues to add native pollinator habitat through community projects supported by Mayor Gordo.
City of Aurora
Aurora, CO
Jim Twombly & Crystal Murillo
Summary for 2021
The City of Aurora is the third-largest city in Colorado approaching 400,000 residents. We value the conservation of our natural resources and seek to be good stewards of the community we live in.
City of North Miami
North Miami, FL
Philippe Bien-Aime
Summary for 2021
North Miami has committed to pollinator conservation with three butterfly gardens within the City of North by providing them with healthy habitat that is rich in a variety of native plants and free of toxic pesticides. Pollinators are essential to our ecosystem in assisting with plant reproduction and support of various wildlife and are responsible for almost a third of the food and drink we consume. The three butterfly gardens attract a variety of butterflies; one in particular that is very beautiful is the Azalea butterfly.
City of Durham
Durham, NC
Steve Schewel
Summary for 2021
The city of Durham situates just west of Raleigh, the capitol of North Carolina. Durham is home to over 200,000 residents and boast both a rich history and progressive future. Steve Schewel, Mayor of Durham, is excited to be working with the various teams and departments committed to keeping Durham and beautiful and thriving city. The city of Durham looks forward to implementing many of the practices put forth by the Mayor's Monarch Pledge.
City of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
Kate Gallego
Summary for 2021
Phoenix is the fifth largest city in the country and is located in the beautiful Sonoran Desert. Phoenicians are committed to the vision of becoming the most sustainable desert city on the planet, and have a strong ethos of habitat conservation, wise water use, and support of native plant species. Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego signed the Mayor's Monarch Pledge to raise awareness and galvanize efforts to expand crucial habitat and food sources for monarch butterflies, and the city looks forward to working with residents and stakeholders to increase prevalence of native plants throughout the city to support pollinators.
