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129 <br />Mayors for Monarchs <br />Many people may not realise that Monarch butterflies play <br />oo iaMponmtt tok in paUinedng widow plane, including many of <br />our Food crops. Bur their population has declined by more dun <br />704E in the last two decades. That 6 wiry 3t it importnt to curse <br />special habitats for these pollinators in mustards and gstdeus. <br />Recently, the City of Ramsey adopted a <br />malady's to support pollia.-ttor labiaur <br />throughout our community. ., <br />Ramsey Mayor, Sarah , <br />lattmctlbed the initiative by signing the tits <br />Mayon for Monarchs Wedge to support Monarch butterflies in our <br />community by impletmndogWffort ra create, :mom, mad pmmect <br />pollinator hablut and otoneraging our thieves to do the cone In <br />their own backyards. The Mayors for Mosmela Pledge Signing <br />went took platoon June b, 2017 at the tdre Itasca Trallhead in <br />At the ptodge signing event Mayor Stro <br />new "Monarch Tsar along the lake Itasca <br />Trail corridor. Together aids du US. Fish <br />and WildlikService, the City of Ramsey will <br />be restoring tit awl a beldame; of land along <br />this trail to a natural habitat designed to <br />onppon Monarch butterflies and other im- <br />portant pollinators. <br />Student. felon Youth First Community of Fmmlre were <br />there to jump -sort the p ojrctby planting • oaten motion ameba <br />plant plugs at this meta, which Ira& reprasntadre of the larger - <br />..de planting that will Lappets this tali. <br />Fourth grade ntndenes from Ramsey M ateaxuy also con- <br />uibutod in dement by crewing I50 wlorfd butterflies, which <br />served as the beekdtop for this tootn and will abo bean display in <br />the. Romney City Hall in honor of National Pollinator Weak, <br />June 14 -25, 2012. <br />lfyett arc interested in learning more about the Monarch <br />butterfly, Itc iurt to check ant ltamxy PP-arkv & Rcttreuon s <br />bionarth lab on July 25, iislt,...w.dttnf amuy.eoMPartErma <br />r mote inf rmadan an h o to toga.. . <br />deli gated <br />City of RAMSEY <br />Lake Itasca Monarch Trail <br />In the summer of 2017, the City designated a portion of the Lake Itasca Trail as a Monarch Trail. <br />This was in conjunction with the Mayor's Monarch Pledge proclamation. The Monarch Trail <br />includes roughly seven (7) acres of land on both sides of an existing, well used trail segment along <br />Lake Itasca. A ceremonial planting of a mixture of plugs was completed in the summer of 2017. Site <br />preparations occurred over the following fall, winter and spring seasons. This included a <br />prescribed burn to eliminate non-native and undesirable vegetation (forbs/grasses) and removal of <br />red cedar and Siberian elms within approximately 100 feet of the trail. The site was then seeded <br />with species favored by monarch butterflies and other pollinators. This project converted fallow <br />land into a native, pollinator friendly landscape that abuts a heavily used walking/biking trail in the <br />community. Thus, it not only created new habitat but also did so in a location that would is highly <br />visible to the community. <br />city of RAMSEY <br />August 2018 Draft <br />Comprehensive Plan 2040 <br />