2025 Mayors’ Monarch Pledge Update
Great news! McHenry County represents 30% of all the signers of the 2025 Mayors’ Monarch Pledge from Illinois. Each year members of the Defenders Water & Natural Resources Protection Action Team reach out to encourage local units of government to sign on. Every pledge signer must commit to conducting at least 3 actions designed to help monarchs and other pollinators in the course of the year and report on their activities before year’s end. This year nineteen local units of government signed on: 17 towns, Coral Township and Crystal Lake Park District.
In June, Defenders held a reception for the signers at which they each received a certificate of appreciation. There was much cross-pollination at the event as pledgers shared the actions they have taken and plan to undertake. Thank you to McHenry County for being a leader in helping the imperiled Monarch Butterfly, Illinois’ state insect! Read more about the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge at nwf.org/mayorsmonarchpledge
