Village of Lincolnwood
Lincolnwood , IL
Jesal Patel
Summary for 2025
The Village of Lincolnwood is located approximately 10 miles north of downtown Chicago and serves as the gateway to Chicagoland’s North Shore. It is an diverse community of 12,590 residents, with tree-lined streets, beautiful neighborhoods and parks, an excellent school system, and prosperous business community. The Village commitment to monarch's is strong through efforts to improve or create new native plantings and communications related to sustainable landscaping in the Village's parks, trails, and right of ways.
City of Wheat Ridge
City of Wheat Ridge, CO
Bud Starker
Summary for 2025
Wheat Ridge is a thriving small city just outside of Denver, Colorado, known for its strong sense of community, commitment to sustainability, and rich agricultural history. As part of our dedication to environmental stewardship, we recognize the vital role of pollinators in maintaining healthy ecosystems and supporting local biodiversity. Through initiatives like the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge, Wheat Ridge is working to protect and enhance pollinator habitats by planting native species, educating residents, and promoting sustainable landscaping practices. By prioritizing these efforts, we aim to create a more resilient and vibrant environment for both people and wildlife.
City of Rosemount
Rosemount, MN
Jeff Weisensel
Summary for 2025
The City of Rosemount is 15 miles south of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. With land area of nearly 36 square miles, Rosemount residents enjoy the advantages of living in a community with both a small town and large metropolitan city atmospheres. Unusual for a city of its size, Rosemount combines industry, agriculture, and agricultural research with a rapidly growing residential community providing an excellent environment in which to live and work. Rosemount works to provide a number of butterfly habitat areas in our parks, open spaces, and community gardens.
City of Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro, OR
Beach Pace
Summary for 2025
Among other related commitments, Hillsboro is a US Conference of Mayors' climate champion, Tree City USA, Bee City USA and partner in the Backyard Habitat Certification Program. The Hillsboro community has demonstrated its commitment to the conservation of nature and wildlife, including the Monarch butterfly. Nestled in the Tualatin Valley of western Oregon, Hillsboro is Oregon's 5th largest city with 108,000 community members. Known for its diverse community, strong local economy, and beautiful natural areas, for decades Hillsboro's leaders have placed an emphasis on environmental stewardship. Strong goals and actions guide stewardship efforts for both the city organization, which provides a full suite of municipal services, and for the greater community. Hillsboro prides itself as having one of the largest preserved natural areas within the community, the several-hundred acre Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, along with myriad other natural areas, parks and environmental assets.
The Borough of Downingtown
Downingtown, PA
Phil Dague
Summary for 2025
Downingtown is a borough in Chester County, PA 33 miles west of Philadelphia. It has a population of roughly 8,000 residents. The borough is home to almost 100 acres of parkland and has the east branch of the Brandywine River running through its center. Mayor Dague of Downingown, PA is eager to help any resident, volunteer group, and government board who is looking to improve the borough's green spaces and he looks forward to engaging the community in environmental literacy through education and demonstration.
Reston, VA
Reston, VA
Mac Cummins
Summary for 2025
Reston is a planned community located in Fairfax County, Virginia with approximately 65,000 residents.. The community is located 20 miles west of Washington, DC and is renowned for its preservation of natural areas and commitment to environmental stewardship. Reston has been certified by NWF as a Community Wildlife Habitat. It is also a Tree City USA as designated by the National Arbor Day Foundation and a designated Biophilic City. Reston recognizes the plight of the Monarch species and endeavors to conserve habitat on Reston Association property, which is accessible to residents and visitors. Reston Association staff educate homeowners about monarch conservation efforts and provide resources for people to create butterfly habitats on their own properties and in their neighborhoods.
City of Westmount
Westmount, Quebec, AL
Christina Smith
Summary for 2025
Westmount is an independent City located on the island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. With a population of approximately 20,093, the City of Westmount is committed to encouraging residents to protect and build pollinator habitat throughout our territory. The City of Westmount is home to Summit Woods, an urban forest, community gardens, as well as 13 beautiful parks and greenspaces nestled on the western slopes of Mount Royal.
City of Moorhead
Moorhead, MN
Shelly Carlson
Summary for 2025
Moorhead is a city in Northwestern Minnesota with a population of approximately 45,000. Moorhead has engaged in numerous initiatives over the past several years to preserve the monarch habitat including the passage of a natural lawn ordinance, planting demonstration gardens at different city owned buildings and parks, revising the mosquito spraying approval process, adding signage to pollinator gardens, and removing invasive species at city parks. Mayor Carlson and the City of Moorhead are committed to Mayors’ Monarch Pledge for a fifth year to continue preserving the monarch habitat.
City of Delaware
Delaware, OH
Carolyn Riggle
Summary for 2025
Delaware is a city located north of Columbus, Ohio with a population of 45,000. Mayor Riggle of Delaware, Ohio has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with their signing of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the city.
City of Mission, KS
Mission, KS
Sollie Flora
Summary for 2025
The City of Mission is a first ring suburb in the Kansas City metro located in northeast Johnson County. Mission has a longstanding commitment to our parks and greenspaces and promotes sustainability wherever possible. Specific examples of these actions include maintaining a native plant garden at City Hall and replacing all landscaping along our downtown business corridor with native plantings. Mayor Flora is excited to continue these efforts and more by signing the Mayors' Monarch Pledge and doing what she can to help save the monarch butterfly.
