CITY OF HORICON RESOLUTION NO. 2025-01 WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY RESOLUTION WHEREAS, migratory birds are some of the most beautiful and easily observed wildlife that share our communities, and WHEREAS, many citizens recognize and welcome migratory songbirds as symbolic harbingers of spring, and WHEREAS, these migrant species also play an important economic role in our community, controlling insect pests and generating millions in recreational dollars statewide, and WHEREAS, migratory birds and their habitats are declining throughout the Americas, facing a growing number of threats on their migration routes and in both their summer and winter homes, and WHEREAS, public aware-ness and concern are crucial components of migratory bird conser-vation, and WHEREAS, citizens enthusiastic about birds, informed about the threats they face, and empowered to help address those threats can directly contribute to maintaining health bird populations, and WHEREAS, since 1993 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) has become a primary vehicle for focusing public attention on the nearly 350 species that travel between nesting habitats in our communities and throughout North America and their wintering grounds in South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the southern U.S., and WHEREAS, hundreds of thousands of people will observe WMBD, gathering in town squares, community centers, schools, parks, nature centers, and wildlife refuges to learn about birds, take action to conserve them, and simply to have fun, and WHEREAS, while WMBD officially is held each year on the second Saturday in May, its observance is not limited to a single day, and planners are encouraged to schedule activities on the dates best suited to the presence of both migrants and celebrants, and WHEREAS, WMBD is not only a day to foster appreciation for wild birds and to celebrate and support migratory bird conservation, but also to call to action, NOW THEREFORE, I, Joshua Maas, as Mayor of the City of Horicon, Wisconsin, do hereby proclaim May 10, 2025 as World Migratory Bird Day in the City of Horicon, and I urge all citizens to celebrate this observance and to support efforts to protect and conserve migratory birds and their habitats in our community and the world at large. Introduced by Alderperson Remy this 28th day of January 2025. Adopted and approved this 28th day of January 2025. /s/ Joshua Maas, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Kristen M. Jacobson, Clerk-Treasurer WNAXLP DCP 2/6
