Community Profile

Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Program Year

2023

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City of St. Augustine

St. Augustine, FL

Nancy Sikes-Kline

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European and African-American origin in the United States. Forty-two years before the English colonized Jamestown and fifty-five years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the Spanish established at St. Augustine this nation's first enduring settlement.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2023

Communications and Convening ▸

Issue a Proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat.
Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Nancy Sikes-Kline	2023	3/30/2023		View Pledge
Mayor Tracy Upchurch	2022	4/28/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Tracy Upchurch	2021	4/16/2021	Signatories	View Pledge

The National Wildlife Federation