Don't Miss the STEM festival at Lyons Mill Elementary School!
If you have a child enrolled at Lyons Mill Elementary School in Owings Mills, Maryland, you won't want to miss their STEM festival Wednesday, September 30, 2026 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on the school grounds. Soldiers Delight Conservation, Inc. will be there with our always popular "prescribed burn activity for children" plus lots of interesting displays about geology, invasive plants, leave-no-trace concepts, and our beloved serpentine barrens. Other vendors will include Baltimore County Public Library, Irvine Nature Center, Oregon Ridge Nature Center, a Home Depot Kids Workshop, and music, popcorn, and snow cones. Don't miss it!
Soldiers Delight Conservation at National Night Out!
SDCI had a great evening at our tent on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, during the 2026 National Night Out event hosted by the Owings Mills New Town Community Association!
Bat Study at Soldiers Delight!
Soldiers Delight Conservation, Inc. was thrilled to have researcher and university student Sadie Rozics give a presentation at our January board meeting on a study of bat populations at Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, which she conducted over the summer of 2025.
Non-native Invasive Plants Finally to be Illegal to Sell in Maryland!
SDCI is excited to share the welcome news that many non-native, invasive plants widely used in landscaping and available at big box stores everywhere will soon become illegal to sell in the state of Maryland. So many of the invasive shrubs and trees slated to become illegal to sell are plants that routinely threaten our rare and endangered native flora at Soldiers Delight Environmental Area. Read all about the new law and what plants it includes here.
Make Your Voice Heard!
Baltimore County voters will decide whether to strengthen protection of the county’s rural areas in 2026, as the County Council has agreed to put on the November 2026 ballot a question of whether to make it more difficult to move the county’s Urban-Rural Demarcation Line, known as the URDL. Soldiers Delight Conservation, Inc. believes it is important to vote in favor of this legislation, as it is of critical importance to protect the county’s water supply, farmland and natural spaces, including land surrounding the Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area in Owings Mills.
Introducing a New Book All About Serpentine at Soldiers Delight
Soldiers Delight Conservation, Inc. is excited to introduce a new book all about the serpentine barrens at Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area in Owing Mills, Maryland. Read all about it here!
Soldiers Delight Conservation Year-end Wrap-up
Here's a look at how 2025 went for Soldiers Delight Conservation, Inc.!
