COMMUNITY OF LAREDO
LAREDO, TX
VICTOR TREVINO
Summary for 2024
LAREDO TEXAS IS ADYNAMIC COMMUNITY ON THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER THAT IS INTERTWINED IN COMMERCE, HISTORY AND FAMILY WITH OUR NEIGHBOR AND SISTER CITY OF NUEVO LAREDO, TAMP., MEXICO. AS THE #1 PORT OF ENTRY IN THE U.S., WE ARE PROUD TO HOST A WORLD RENOWN BIRDING FESTIVAL AND SEVERAL ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY PROGRAMS ALONG THE BEAUTIFUL RIO GRANDE RIVER WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY INCREDIBLE NATIVE PLANTS AND POLLINATOR SPECIES.
Town of Carrboro
Carrboro, NC
Barbara Foushee
Summary for 2024
The Town of Carrboro is a progressive, vibrant community located in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina. Over 20,000 diverse residents call Carrboro home. In 2014, the Town stated its intention to promote healthy, sustainable habitats for pollinators by becoming the third municipality in the country to join the Bee City USA initiative. The Town recognizes the importance of avoiding and minimizing impacts of municipal operations on pollinators and other species, has been working to support and protect environmental features for over 40 years, and has been pursuing a Least Toxic Integrated Pest Management Policy since the 1990s. The Town has also committed to protecting and enhancing native ecosystems through its 2017 Community Climate Action Plan. Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee has signed the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge to further the Town’s commitment to the environment and engage residents in creating and enhancing pollinator habitat throughout the community.
City of Palm Springs
Palm Springs, CA
Jeffrey Bernstein
Summary for 2024
The City of Palm Springs is a desert city located in southern California, within the Coachella Valley. Sheltered by the San Bernadino Mountains to the north, the little San Bernardino Mountains to the east, the Santa Rosa Mountains to the south, and the San Jacinto Mountains to the west, Palm Springs is home to many beautiful and important nature parks, recreational parks, trails, gardens, and other natural areas. Mayor Jeffrey Bernstein of Palm Springs, California has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators by signing the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and looks forward to continuing the encouragement and promotion of establishing and protecting pollinator habitat throughout the City of Palm Springs.
Village of Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale, IL
Franco Coladipietro
Summary for 2024
The Village of Bloomingdale is located in DuPage County, Illinois, about 25 miles west of downtown Chicago with a population of approximately 22,000 people. The Village participates in the DuPage Monarch Project, has been named a Tree City, USA for over 25 years and is committed to participating in environmental initiatives that help with monarch and pollinator conservation.
Uwchlan Township
Exton, PA
Laura Obenski
Summary for 2024
Uwchlan Township is located in the heart of Chester County. Protecting our pollinators is a key focus of the Board of Supervisors and the Uwchlan Township Environmental Advisory Council. Pollinator gardens have been planted within Township Parks/Open Space, with the EAC installing a Monarch Way Station garden outside the Township meeting hall. Uwchlan Township has also taken steps to amend the zoning ordinance to promote the use of native plants.
Apple Valley
Apple Valley, MN
Clint Hooppaw
Summary for 2024
The City of Apple Valley, Minnesota is a population of roughly 50,000 people and includes parkland, greenways, wetlands, ponds, and lakes. Our City works with partners and volunteers to enhance our pollinator habitat through homeowner grant programs and workshops, native buffer requirements for strategic water bodies, and through utilizing native vegetation in our water quality enhancement projects. The City is committed to improving our natural habitat for many years to come!
Harrietstown
Franklin Country , NY
Jordanna Mallach
Summary for 2024
Harrietstown is located in the center of the scenic Adirondack Park. It is home to the Adirondack Regional Airport, Dewey Mountain Recreation Center, and about 5000 residents. People here love spending time outdoors, skiing, biking, hiking, ice skating and paddling are all easily accessible in our town. Supporting Monarch butterflies and pollinators is part of our commitment to the environment that we have the pleasure to enjoy everyday.
City of Manassas
Manassas, VA
Michelle Davis-Younger
Summary for 2024
Manassas is an urban habitat of 45,000 people located 30 miles southwest of Washington, DC. The city is 10 square miles and has 230 acres of parkland and open space. In 2020 the City adopted a goal that Manassas would be a sustainable and resilient city that values the environment, encourages access to nature, and provides a safe, pleasant and healthy community for residents of all ages, abilities and incomes. A strategy to achieving that goal includes "Supporting the conservation of local and regional biodiversity by promoting the protection and enhancement of native plant communities and pollinator and wildlife habitats while managing invasive plant and animal species".
City of Columbus
Columbus, OH
Andrew Ginther
Summary for 2024
Columbus is Ohio’s capital and largest city with a population of 907,971 and covers 226 square miles. With over 400 parks and many pollinator habitats of varying sizes, Columbus is committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators by signing the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge. Columbus continues its resident engagement through the city in promoting pollinator habitats that benefit the monarch butterfly.
Village of Sagaponack
Sagaponack, NY
William Tillotson
Summary for 2024
The Village of Sagaponack is historically an agricultural/residential community located on the eastern end of the south fork of Long Island in the state of New York. Our year round population is approximately 450 residents which doubles in the summer with the influx of second home owners. The Mayor, whose background is in farming, encourages, at each monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees, homeowners to consider planting their properties to encourage pollintors and to discourage harmfull spray and pesticides. As a farming community it is important to balance the production of vegetables and the support of that ecological system.
