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Summary for 2024

Summary for 2024

The Village of Hebron is located at the stateline of Northern Illinois and Wisconsin, with a population of 1300. The village is surrounded by farm community. Hebron is committed to saving the Monarch Butterflies and other pollinators with our signing of the Hebron Mayor Monarch Pledge and proudly looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitats throughout our community.

Summary for 2024

The City of Salem, located in the heart of the lush Willamette River Valley, is the state capital of Oregon, government seat of Marion County, and the state's third largest city. Salem's landscape is characterized by a mix of rich valley farmland and orchards, rolling hills, mixed forests, the Willamette River, many creeks and wetlands, numerous parks and natural areas, and a growing urban community. Salem first took the Mayors Monarch Pledge in 2017, joining other cities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico to take action to help save the monarch butterfly. We have renewed our pledge annually since then, and 2024 is no exception. This year, Salem's Mayor, Chris Hoy, is renewing the City's commitment to increasing monarch and pollinator habitat throughout the City of Salem and encouraging the public to do the same.

Summary for 2024

The Village of Hastings-on-Hudson is located in New York State, about 20 miles north of midtown Manhattan, and has a population of about 8,500. It is situated on the banks of the Hudson River and boasts exceptional views of the dramatic geological bluffs known as the Palisades. It has a charming, bucolic character, over 89% of its municipal-owned open space is dedicated parkland and it has a significant trail network. It also has an active pollinator pathway project and an “Adopt-a-Spot” programs that engage and educate residents about the importance of biodiversity, native plants and pollinators. The Mayor of Hastings-on-Hudson, Nicola Armacost, has committed to protecting the monarch butterfly and other pollinators by signing the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and encourages residents to continue building pollinator habitat throughout the municipality.

Summary for 2024

The Town of Garner is located in central North Carolina, just south of the state capital of Raleigh. The Town is invested in taking action to preserve the Monarch butterfly and other pollinator species. This is Garner's third year participating in the Mayors' Monarch Pledge.

Summary for 2024

The Village of Yellow Springs, Ohio, is located in the SW corner of the state. Home of Antioch College, we have a population of 3700, give or take. Located 20 minutes east of Dayton, we are a quick hour west of our state capital, Columbus. Glen Helen, a 1000 acre nature preserve with over 21 miles of hiking trails along with creeks and waterways that feed into the Little Miami Scenic River, runs the length of the village and connects to the Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve and John Bryan State Park. Yellow Springs has a Wildlife Habitat Community public Facebook page with 552 members--check us out! Many villagers are re-wilding their properties under the leadership of our village Environmental Commission and at last count, 115 NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat signs dot village yards, including our two public schools. Mayor Pam is happy to add the Mayors' Monarch Pledge to our village efforts in support of increasing habitats for monarchs and other pollinators.

Summary for 2024

We love being able to help monarch butterflies and being a part of solution.

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Valley Stream is a village just outside of New York City with a population of about 40,000. The Village is on the south shore of Long Island and is home to over 100 acres of park space in addition to a State park. Mayor Fare is passionate about our environment and understands the importance of the monarch butterfly and other pollinators to our ecosystem. The signing of the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge is a commitment with our residents to educate, engage and be active in building more pollinator habitat throughout our Village.

Summary for 2024

Annetta has a population of 3153. We work in coordination with the Parker County Master Gardeners to maintain the gardens at Town Hall.

Summary for 2024

Grayslake is a Village located in Northeast Illinois with a population of roughly 21,000. The Village has worked extensively to maintain and create green space in conjunction with development, and places emphasis on planting native plants and other pollinator promoting plants when undertaking landscaping and other projects. Mayor Taylor is committed to protecting the Monarch butterfly population and looks forward to continuing to work to promote local pollinators through the Village’s efforts as well as engaging the community about ways they can help the Monarchs at home.