Arlington
Arlington, TX
Jim Ross
Summary for 2025
Arlington, Texas is a fast going city with loads to offer. We are home to the Texas Rangers baseball team, the Dallas Cowboys football team, Six Flags over Texas as major amusement park along with tons of other amenities. We have a ever going population of over 400K people.
City of Florence, KY
Florence, KY
Julie Metzger Aubuchon
Summary for 2025
The City of Florence is located in Boone County, Kentucky. With roughly 32,000 residents, we are one of the fastest-growing communities in Northern Kentucky. We have 5 neighborhood parks, a Nature Park and several green spaces around the City. Mayor Aubuchon is committed to the restoration of monarch butterfly habitat in our community.
Town of Knightdale
Knightdale, NC
Jessica Day
Summary for 2025
Knightdale is a town in eastern Wake County, North Carolina, with a population of approximately 23,000 residents. Our strategic plan highlights Sustainability as a core tenent and Knightdale seeks to promote the stewardship of our environment. Mayor Day and our Town Council have committed to saving the Mornarch Butterfly by joining this pledge.
City of Corinth
Corinth , TX
Bill Heidemann
Summary for 2025
The City of Corinth is committed to monarch and pollinator conservation through initiatives that enhance habitats, promote community involvement, and support environmental sustainability. Key efforts include the City Hall Pollinator Project, the enhancement of the Corinth Community Butterfly Garden with native plants and public art, and partnerships with organizations like the Native Plant Society and UNT to integrate pollinator-friendly vegetation into erosion control and water quality projects. These initiatives, paired with educational outreach and volunteer opportunities, align with Corinth’s broader goals of biodiversity and sustainability, solidifying its role as a leader in environmental stewardship.
City of Lewisville
Lewisville, TX
TJ Gilmore
Summary for 2025
The City of Lewisville is committed to 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. In recent years 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.
City of Gastonia
Gastonia, NC
Richard Frank
Summary for 2025
Gastonia, N.C., just minutes west of Charlotte, is one of the area’s best places to live and work with an ideal combination of location, size and livability. Gastonia is the largest of Gaston County’s 13 municipalities and one of the largest cities in the Charlotte metropolitan area with over 80,000 citizens. Selected as an All-America City three times, Gastonia’s desirable quality of life is the result of its beautiful natural surroundings, friendly neighborhoods, responsive government and vibrant business environment. The City of Gastonia has a commitment to protect our natural resources through our Bee City USA Affiliation, Tree City USA Affiliation and now through the Mayor's Monarch Pledge.
City of Cooper City
Cooper City, FL
James Curran
Summary for 2025
Cooper City is a lovely bedroom community in Broward County with approximately 35,000+ residents, founded in 1959 by Morris Cooper. Many families and young professionals live here due to their excellent school system, safe environment and quality sports programs. Cooper City takes great pride in their well maintained mature tree canopy evidenced by their City logo which is a tree with the words "Someplace Special". This extensive tree canopy provides tremendous amounts of wildlife habitat.
City of Adel
Adel, IA
Jim Peters
Summary for 2025
We have completed butterfly gardens in our dog park. We want to continue to plant and maintain monarch friendly plantings in our road boulevards and right of ways.
Village of Algonquin
Algonquin, IL
Debby Sosine
Summary for 2025
Algonquin is a town in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with a population of roughly 30,000.The city is nestled in the Fox River valley and is home to over 430 acres of restored natural area. President Sosine of Algonquin, IL has committed to saving the Monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayors' Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging the community in establishing more pollinator habitat throughout the Village.
Town of Normal
Normal, IL
Chris Koos
Summary for 2025
The Town of Normal, home of Illinois State University, is located in Central Illinois. The northern two-thirds of the state was originally covered by prairie land. And while Illinois is known as "The Prairie State," most of the state's prairies are gone as the majority were converted to agricultural fields. The monarch butterfly, the state insect, had lived on these prairies. Milkweed and other flowering plants are needed to help restore the lost prairie habitat. The Town of Normal is committed to preserving and restoring native prairie plantings that serves both as an aesthetic and recreational amenity while providing wildlife habitat, especially for the monarch butterfly.
