Last summer, Mayor Ruben Pineda contributed to a video produced by the DuPage Monarch Project, which was just released. In it, Mayor Pineda speaks about his signing the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge in 2017, and the momentum it created for monarch conservation in West Chicago. Since signing the Pledge, West Chicago residents and community organizations have […]
West Chicago Part of Tri-national Collaboration to Conserve the Monarch
Update: August 10, 2017 Since the introduction of the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge 19 months ago, an initiative to help create habitat for the Monarch butterfly in cities and communities nationwide, 317 mayors, including West Chicago’s Mayor Ruben Pineda are making a difference in the conservation of these majestic little creatures. Team West […]