On November 21, 2017, 11 year old Genevieve Leroux, is going to receive a Proclamation from the Mayor of San Luis Obispo, California when Mayor Heidi Harmon takes the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. Genevieve wrote the Mayor this summer and asked for a meeting to discuss the Mayors’ willingness to take the NWF’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. After meeting in person with the Mayor, Mayor Harmon agreed to take the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. The Mayor has met with SLO’s Natural Resource Manager, and CalPoly’s Monarch Alert head researcher to decide which action steps were suitable for this region relative to helping the Western Migratory Monarch Butterfly. The Mayors’ Monarch Butterfly Pledge is part of a national movement to help save the threatened Western Migratory Monarch Butterfly. According to the Xerces Society, the California Western Migratory Monarch Butterfly overwintering population has declined by 74%. This same species is currently projected to experience quasi-extinction in the next 20 years if steps are not taken to save this iconic butterfly. This sad projection is why highlighting Mayor Heidi Harmon taking the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge is an important story. San Luis Obispo plays an integral role in the lifecycle of the Monarch Butterfly. SLO County provides both a migratory route for Monarchs heading south, and provides 39 separate overwintering sites (like Pismo Monarch Grove). The actions steps taken by the Mayor, as a part of the Mayors’ Pledge, are essential to educate the citizens of SLO about the Monarch’s plight and what they can do to help the Monarch avoid extinction. As a side note, Genevieve Leroux was featured in the National Wildlife Federation’s blog during the May 2017 Gardening for Wildlife Month’s salute to Butterfly Super Heroes and will be featured again, only this time in their nationally syndicated magazine, in their upcoming May Special Edition for Gardening for Wildlife. This article will spotlight 4 individuals from North America that are champion wildlife gardeners. Genevieve is a six grader and performs citizen science for CalPoly’s Monarch Alert under the direction of Francis Villablanca, PhD. She tags, takes Oe samples and processes other data from butterflies that visit and/or eclose in her garden for the Monarch Alert citizen science project. In November, 2017 Genevieve participated in training by the Xerces Society to take part of The Monarch Butterfly Thanksgiving Count which has been providing population numbers at all of the California overwintering sites since 1997. Genevieve also helped count a brand new overwintering site in the city of San Luis Obispo during the Xerces Society New Years Monarch Count. For further information on the NWF’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge go to http://www.nwf.org/MayorsMonarchPledge. For further information on the Western Migratory Monarch Butterfly please go to the The Xerces Society website http://www.xerces.org. For information regarding CalPoly Monarch Alert’s Western Migratory Monarch citizen science opportunities go to http://www.MonarchAlert.CalPoly.edu. I hope this project inspires other people in my community, and others, to plant native milkweed to help the Monarch population to increase in number!