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PROCLAMATION: Monarch Butterfly Day - May 18, 2024
May 7, 2024 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT
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1. Monarch Butterfly Proclamation 2024
PROCLAMATION
"Monarch Butterfly Day"
May 18, 2024
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, the Mount Prospect Monarchs group, and the Village Public Works
Department have implemented programs and strategies to encourage monarch butterfly habitat in Mount
Prospect; and
WHEREAS, the Garden Club of Mount Prospect and the Village Public Works Department have partnered to
promote this cause and will be sponsoring a monarch information table at the annual Public Works Open House on
May 18; 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, the Village of Mount Prospect is actively participating in, and promoting the establishment of Monarch
Waystations, and encourages all residents of the community to do so; 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 support and be a part of the National Wildlife Federation's Mayor's
Monarch Pledge; and
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Paul Wm. Hoefert, Mayor of the Village of Mount Prospect, do hereby proclaim May 18, 2024
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"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.
Paul Wm. Hoefert
Mayor
Karen M. Agoranos
Village Clerk