Friends of Soldiers Delight NEA

The Friends of Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area Soldiers Delight Barrens: Preservation of a Rare Ecosystem, by Claudia J. Floyd The uniform, monotonous wastes of the Earth — the deserts, the Arctic plains, great swamps, and marshes – have a power to cast a spell on the human soul. So it must have been with the Barrens. The spirit which haunts it endows it with more than mere beauty... The spirit of the waste is sinister, yet wistful; it is morose yet induces to melancholy. It is, perhaps, a phase of the Divine, yet it does not invite to worship. —William Marye Soldiers Delight Conservation, Inc. (the Friends of Soldiers Delight) is a non-profit group which assists the staff of Soldiers Delight with programs, serpentine restoration projects, exhibits and Visitor Center assistance.