Village of Richton Park
Richton Park, IL
Rick Reinbold
Summary for 2025
Richton Park, IL is a wonderful place to start a family, open a business, entertain, and create a quality of life that's fulfilling and satisfying. The opportunities are endless, and we are aggressively growing to match those opportunities and goals. Richton Park is a place that you can call "Your Home." It is Richton Park's priority to provide vibrant, effective, high-quality services that foster safety, quality of life, and economic vitality throughout our community. The Village of Richton Park recognizes that human health ultimately depends on well-functioning ecosystems, and that bio-diverse regions can better support food production, healthy soil, air quality and also foster health connections between humans and wildlife. For this reason we are looking to establish a commitment to local, state and national efforts that protect and conserve habitats for pollinators like the Monarch Butterfly. Our efforts will assist our community in establishing a greater connection between residents and wildlife in general.
Hillsborough Township
Hillsborough, NJ
John Ciccarelli
Summary for 2025
Hillsborough Township, located in Somerset Country, is centrally located in the state of New Jersey with a population near 50,000. Hillsborough spans over 50 square miles and offers over 15 public parks through the municipality. Mayor Ciccarelli and the Township Committee have committed to supporting the Mayors Monarch pledge through action item projects accomplished throughout the town. Hillsborough's plans include to not only continue the beautification of its parks, but to also provide natural habitats for the monarch butterflies throughout the community.
Municipality of Whitestone
Whitestone, ON
George Comrie
Summary for 2025
The Municipality of Whitestone is located in the District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. Our municipality is in the middle of beautiful lakes and pristine forests and conservation of these lakes and forests are part of the environmental initiative the municipality is committed to. As well, we recognize the importance of creating monarch and pollinator habitat at parks, gardens, and other green spaces, that every member of our community can equally enjoy.
City of Howell
HOWELL, MI
Nikolas Hertrich
Summary for 2025
The City of Howell consists of just over 10,000 people, in the heart of Michigan. Last year, one of our local community gardens was upgraded to add pollinators as a focus. This year, we are looking to repurpose vacant lots, spaces near parking lots, and around our lake for Monarch conservation. This includes expanding and preserving milkweed throughout town. To help, signs will be posted to help educate the community. We will also use our Arbor Day event to help celebrate the cause.
CROTON ON HUDSON
CROTON ON HUDSON, NY
Brian Pugh
Summary for 2025
The Village of Croton-on-Hudson, through initiatives like those of its Conservation Advisory Council, supports Monarch Butterflies by promoting the planting of native milkweed and nectar-producing plants. Additionally, the village engages in public communication efforts to encourage residents to create Monarch-friendly gardens within their own properties.
Town of New Castle
Chappaqua, NY
Victoria Tipp
Summary for 2025
As described in the Town of New Castle 2017 Comprehensive Plan, New Castle’s land area is comprised mainly of bucolic, low-density residential neighborhoods. Of the Town’s approximately 15,000 acres, 14,488 acres are zoned for single-family residential use, and of these, 91% (13,194 acres) have one- or two-acre minimum lot sizes. This low-density residential development pattern, derived from the Town’s zoning, has helped to maintain scenic vistas, large lots, areas of open space quality, and forested and undisturbed swaths of land that characterize the Town’s neighborhoods. Preservation of the bucolic residential character of the community’s neighborhoods is a priority to New Castle’s residents, as reflected in our 8-Year Tree City USA designation from the Arbor Day foundation, Bee City USA designation from the initiatives of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
The Regional Municipality of York
York Region (No Specified City), ON
Eric Jolliffe
Summary for 2025
The Regional Municipality of York stretches north from Toronto to Lake Simcoe and includes many hectares of protected Greenbelt. York Region’s diversity is evident in our nine local municipalities, geography, economic development and population. York Region is committed to strong, caring, safe communities by working together to serve our thriving communities, today and tomorrow. York Region is committed to providing healthy green spaces that benefit birds, pollinators, and other wildlife in the face of pressures from growth and climate change. Caring for and enhancing all green spaces across York Region - from backyards to forests and everything in between - is important to build healthy communities that support residents’ physical and mental well-being. York Region's Greening Strategy has a goal to enhance and rehabilitate the natural environment on public and private lands to support and promote pollinator habitat. The Mayor's Monarch Pledge is one way for the Region to demonstrate it's commitment to support and promote pollinator habitat.
High Bridge Borough
High Bridge, NJ
Michele Lee
Summary for 2025
High Bridge is a small town in Northern New Jersey and home to over 300 acres of Green Acres Open Space. High Bridge is committed to preserving and enhancing its Monarch Habitat and promoting Monarch Awareness. One space, Monarch Way on Nassau Road, is home to three large Common Milkweed colonies consisting of over 1000 Common Milkweed plants, a Monarch Larva Monitoring Project site, a certified National Wildlife Federation Wildlife Habitat, and a certified Monarch Watch Monarch Waystation.
Borough of Malvern
Malvern, PA
Zeyn Uzman
Summary for 2025
Malvern is a small borough in southeastern Pennsylvania with a population of roughly 3,000 covering approximately one square mile of Chester County. The Borough is home to many open spaces including Randolph Woods and the site of the Paoli Massacre that occurred during the Revolutionary War. Mayor Uzman of the Borough of Malvern has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the mayors' Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the borough.
Village of Ringwood
Ringwood, IL
Richard Mack
Summary for 2025
Ringwood is a small Village in Northen Illinois with a population of 840. The Village has been involved with Native plantings since our incorporation in 1994. We have a few Gardeners who have been a great resource in the guidance of native plantings. We've planted berms and natural small gardens in some of our public roadsides. We are looking forward to continuing and expanding our resident's knowledge, and understanding the pledge to save the Monarchs and other important pollinators.
