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Meeting May 16, 2017 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD - 7:00 p.m.
Category 3. MAYOR'S REPORT
Subject 3.1 Proclamation: Monarch Butterfly Day - May 20, 2017
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PROCLAMATION
"Monarch Butterfly Day"
May 20, 2017
WHEREAS, the monarch butterfly is an iconic Northern American species whose
multigenerational migration and metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly has
captured the imagination of millions of Americans; and
WHEREAS, twenty years ago, more than one billion Eastern monarch butterflies
migrated to Mexico, in the winter of 2014 only 60 million made the trip; and
WHEREAS, the North American monarch population has declined by more than 90
percent in the past two decades. Monarch scientists attribute the decline to degradation
and loss of summer breeding habitat in the U. S., and loss of winter habitat in Mexico.
Western populations of monarch butterflies that overwinter in California are also in
decline; and
WHEREAS, cities, towns and counties have a critical role to play to help save the
monarch butterfly; and
WHEREAS, the Garden Club of Mount Prospect and the Village Public Works
Department have partnered to implement programs and strategies to encourage
monarch butterfly habitat in Mount Prospect and will be sponsoring a monarch and
milkweed information table at the annual Public Works Open House on May 20; and
WHEREAS, every citizen of the Village of Mount Prospect can make a difference for the
monarch by planting native milkweed and nectar plants to provide habitat for the
monarch and pollinators in locations where people live, work, learn, play and worship;
and
WHEREAS, on behalf of the residents of Mount Prospect who have already joined me
in creating healthy habitat for these magnificent butterflies, I am honored to lead the
way by signing the National Wildlife Federation's Mayor's Monarch Pledge.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Arlene A. Juracek, Mayor of the Village of Mount Prospect,
do hereby proclaim May 20, 2017 as
"Monarch Butterfly Day"
In the Village of Mount Prospect and I hereby pledge to commit to help restore habitat
for the monarch and encourage our residents to do the same, so that these magnificent
butterflies will once again flourish across the continent.
Arlene A. Juracek
Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen M. Agoranos
Village Clerk
Dated this 16`h day of May, 2017