City of Ocala
Ocala, FL
Ben Marciano
Summary for 2025
Ocala is a city located in Marion County, Florida and has a 2025 population of 71,504. The city of Ocala has a variety of beautiful parks that range from upland pines, oak hammocks, urban communities, and retention and recharge wetland ponds. Different parks offer different amenities such as playground equipment, walking trails and courts for various sports. With volunteer opportunities available for both outdoor and indoor facilities, Park Rangers and Recreation crews assist with environmental education and outreach initiatives throughout the year.
Borough of Franklin Park
Borough of Franklin Park, PA
Dennis O'Keefe
Summary for 2025
The Borough of Franklin Park is a quiet, safe, residential municipality located in Allegheny County, PA. It is approximately twenty (20) miles north of the City of Pittsburgh, encompasses 13.5 square miles, and has a population of 15,500. The Borough has four parks, 280 total acres of protected green space and continues to work on providing natural habitats, gardens, and meadow areas with the commitment to monarch and pollinator conservation. Mayor O’Keefe, Borough Council, and the Borough’s EAC are committed to protecting, preserving, and enhancing natural areas.
City of Houston
Houston, TX
John Whitmire
Summary for 2025
The City of Houston is the largest city in Texas and fourth most populous city in the United States with over 2.3 million residents. Houston is situated in the convergence of the piney woods and the gulf coast prairie, with numerous major bayous and waterways leading to Galveston Bay. Mayor John Whitmire is committing to protect the monarch butterfly and other pollinators through actions taken by City of Houston staff to propagate and plant milkweed plants, establish and restore native habitat, and engage the community in monarch conservation.
City of West Chicago
West Chicago, IL
Ruben Pineda
Summary for 2025
Located in the Western Suburbs along Illinois Route 59, the City of West Chicago is a community on the western edge of DuPage County that borders Illinois’ Tri-City area, and is best known for its historical significance as the first Illinois community established by the railroads. West Chicago is a diverse, family-oriented community with a population of roughly 25,600. The City is located approximately 30 miles west of the City of Chicago, with a rich cultural mix and a proud heritage. West Chicago boasts open green spaces, connections to trails systems such as the Illinois Prairie Path, and the West Chicago Prairie Forest Preserve containing over 600 species of native plants and animals within the 358-acre region that is owned and operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. Mayor Pineda's commitment to saving the monarch butterfly started in 2017 when he signed his first Mayor's Monarch Pledge. He looks forward to continuing efforts to engage with the community leaders and volunteers to educate the public on the importance of the monarch butterfly and other pollinators, and demonstrate how the community can help save them by planting native milkweed and other pollinator-friendly native nectar plants.
Village of Lake in the Hills
Lake in the Hills, IL
Ray Bogdanowski
Summary for 2025
Village of Deerfield
Deerfield, IL
Dan Shapiro
Summary for 2025
Deerfield, Illinois is a vibrant suburban community located about 25 miles north of downtown Chicago. With a population of just under 20,000 residents, Deerfield is home to over five acres of recently restored native gardens— adding to the Village’s natural beauty, sustainability, and commitment to environmental stewardship. Mayor Shapiro has affirmed the Village’s dedication to protecting pollinators by signing the Mayors' Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in creating more pollinator habitats throughout our thriving community.
City of St. Augustine
St. Augustine, FL
Nancy Sikes- Kline
Summary for 2025
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.
City of Sun Prairie
Sun Prairie, WI
Paul Esser
Summary for 2025
Sun Prairie is a vibrant and thriving community located in northeastern Dane county, just east of the City of Madison. Sun Prairie has become known in the region for its high quality of life, its excellent parks and recreation programs, historic downtown, exceptional public school system, and progressive approach to the development and redevelopment of the community. The city is committed to making Sun Prairie a leading sustainable, vibrant and environmentally friendly community by taking steps to conserve energy, reduce waste, and preserve our natural resources. The city is looking forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator-friendly habitats throughout the community.
City of Prairie Village
Prairie Village, KS
Eric Mikkelson
Summary for 2025
The City of Prairie Village is a first-ring suburb near the heart of the Kansas City metropolitan area. With a population of 22,000, Prairie Village preserves the ambiance of a village with the livability of a neighborhood. The "village' lifestyle is enhanced by quality education, a variety of housing options, recreation and local commerce in pedestrian friendly centers. Since 2021, the City of Prairie Village, under the guidance of the Prairie Village Environmental Committee, has participated in the National Wildlife Federation's Mayors' Monarch Pledge in an effort to support monarch and pollinator conservation.
City of League City
League City, TX
