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Minnetonka proclaims July as Monarch and Pollinator Awareness Month, highlights city programs
Summary
The Minnetonka City Council read a proclamation declaring July 2025 Monarch and Pollinator Awareness Month, heard a staff briefing on city programs to support native plants and milkweed, and reviewed outreach events and policies intended to reduce pesticide use and expand pollinator habitat.
Leslie Yetkin, the city’s natural resources manager, told the Minnetonka City Council on June 23 that the city is marking July as Monarch and Pollinator Awareness Month and described ongoing programs to expand habitat and public engagement.
“Pollinators provide essential services to us and our communities. Food production is extremely reliant on pollination,” Yetkin said, explaining the department’s twin goals: “to provide more food” on the landscape and to create habitat such as milkweed for monarch butterflies.
The council then heard a proclamation, which the mayor read aloud: “Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Minnetonka City Council hereby proclaims the month of July as Monarch and Pollinator Awareness Month in the city of Minnetonka.”…
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