Fireworks Danger!
There has been an alarming amount of fireworks debris found at the Soldiers Delight Overlook in recent days. We implore you not to set off fireworks anywhere near Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area. Not only do the spent explosives introduce foreign elements to our sensitive habitat, but an uncontrolled wildfire would be devastating to our fragile ecosystem, and terrifying and dangerous for adjacent homeowners. Please, please, no fireworks in or near Soldiers Delight NEA!
Introducing... Chromite Man!
Come see what's new at the Soldiers Delight Visitor Center and take your picture with Chromite Man!
Chromite is Officially Declared Maryland's State Mineral!
June 1, 2025 is a memorable day for Soldiers Delight Conservation, Inc. and also for the Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area that we so valiantly strive to protect and conserve! Chromite, first discovered in Maryland and mined at the Choate chromium mine at Soldiers Delight NEA in the 1800s, becomes the official Maryland state mineral effective TODAY!!
Soldiers Delight Featured on WYPR Episode!
We were so delighted to have Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area featured on WYPR's Fresh Air program May 9, 2025. Please check it out!
Soldiers Delight Conservation's Year-end Wrap-up
Want to know what Soldiers Delight Conservation, Inc. (SDCI) accomplished this year in service of conserving Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area for generations to come and educating the public about this unique and diverse habitat? Here's our year-end wrap-up!
Look What We Found!
Our SDCI webmaster recently discovered this gem of a program featuring our founder, Jean Worthley, as she walks through the Soldiers Delight habitat filming an episode in the summer of 1978 for Maryland Public Television's Outdoors Maryland series. The video has been graciously provided for our use by Maryland Public Television and the University of Maryland's Maryland Public Television records, 0087-MMC, Special Collections and University Archives. Watch the video here, and remember, everything is there for your viewing pleasure, but nothing can ever be picked, harvested or removed from Soldiers Delight.
Soldiers Delight Featured During Maryland Science Week
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources honored Maryland Science Week this year by visiting ten areas of significant scientific importance to the natural world. Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area in Owings Mills was on the list for September 26, 2024.
