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Mayor Jim Jarrett Beyer proclaims July 2026 'Milkweed for Monarch Butterflies Month' in Granbury
Summary
Mayor Jim Jarrett Beyer declared July 2026 "Milkweed for Monarch Butterflies Month" in Granbury and highlighted local efforts by the Lake Granbury Master Gardeners to plant milkweed, host educational programs and stage a fall festival to mark the monarch migration.
Mayor Jim Jarrett Beyer proclaimed July 2026 as "Milkweed for Monarch Butterflies Month" in Granbury during a ceremonial reading at a local meeting, urging residents to help restore habitat for migrating monarch butterflies.
The proclamation notes that the monarch is Texas' state insect and describes its multigenerational, roughly 3,000-mile migration across Canada, the United States and Mexico. Beyer read that Granbury lies along the migration route and encouraged community participation in habitat efforts, saying, "So now, therefore, I, Jim Jarrett Beyer, the city of Granbury, do hereby proclaim the month of July 2026 as milkweed for monarch butterflies month in Granbury and encourage all citizens to join the late Granbury master gardener's efforts to sustain adult monarch butterflies in preparation to their migration through Granbury."
Deborah Rollins, director of the Romancing the Monarch Butterfly Festival and a member of the Lake Granbury Master Gardeners, told attendees that milkweed is essential to monarch reproduction: "It's the only plant she'll lay her egg on. You plant 1 milkweed, and you save an entire generation of monarch butterflies." She said monarchs are facing population pressure because of a lack of habitat and encouraged residents to plant milkweed and attend local educational events.
Rollins also said the Lake Granbury Master Gardeners maintain a demonstration garden, offer classes, work with arts programs in local schools and host a "Romancing the Monarch Butterfly Festival" the first Saturday in October to celebrate the migration. She invited meeting attendees to take milkweed plants the gardeners had available outside the meeting space.
The proclamation is a ceremonial recognition and directs residents and community groups to support local demonstration and outreach work led by the Lake Granbury Master Gardeners. The master gardeners' continued outreach and the October festival were presented as the next community-facing steps to mark the migration.
The meeting closed the item with thanks from the mayor and organizers; no formal vote or ordinance was recorded on the proclamation.
