Community Profile

Pledge Summary

Middletown is a small town of about 4,600 people located in the center of the fertile Middletown Valley in western Frederick County, MD. It is home to farms and natural environments that support our community and the natural species that live within it. Our Sustainability Committee recognized by Sustainable Maryland has worked diligently to raise awareness of the monarch butterfly and the species' need for habitat. Town officials are also deeply concerned about the decline of the monarch butterfly population and have begun numerous efforts to help save them. Our local golf course is working to preserve areas where milkweed grows, mowing patterns have been changed, a pollinator garden has been planted in the highly-used Memorial Park, and public communication efforts have ramped up. We are proud of our progress and recognize that there is more to do to protect the monarch butterfly. Join us in protecting habitat for our local monarch population!