Corinth’s mayor read a proclamation May 1 committing the city to the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayor’s Monarch Pledge and encouraging residents to support monarch butterfly conservation.

Parks and Recreation Director Carolyn Seward described city efforts to support monarch migration, including a butterfly garden at Corinth Community Park, a workday the first Saturday of each month from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and a garden being developed in front of City Hall. Seward said the city is working with partners including Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, the University of North Texas and the Native Plant Society and that staff are considering ordinance updates to encourage native plantings.

Members of Keep Corinth Beautiful and its chair and volunteers spoke in support at the meeting, recounting that the garden has attracted more flowers and pollinators and that the group recently won a second grant from the Native Plant Society to add more plants. A Keep Corinth Beautiful speaker invited councilmembers and residents to the monthly volunteer workday and noted occasional encounters with fire ants at the site.

The proclamation calls on residents to participate in community activities that support monarch conservation and pledges the city will plant native species in the butterfly garden and educate residents; Mayor Bill Heidemann signed the pledge in May 2025. No council vote was required to read and sign the proclamation.