Welcome To The Demarest Nature Center
The Demarest Nature Center is located in Demarest, NJ, USA, and is open to all persons, residents and non-residents alike, every day of the year. In addition to preserving and protecting important open space here in the midst of a large metropolitan area, the center seeks to educate young and old alike as to the beauty of nature and the importance of protecting our environment.
We, the trustees of the Demarest Nature Center Association, encourage you to use this site to find out more about the Demarest Nature Center and its programs. Click on the topic of your choice and find out more. The links will tell you about the Center, introduce you to our events and endeavors, and also take you to other nearby nature centers, as well as environmental organizations, National Parks, and suggestions for things to do. The site is constantly growing and being updated, so we hope you will come back again and again.
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Unspecified number of vessels due to depart Barcelona on Sunday, with dozens more expected to leave other Mediterranean ports on 4 SeptemberA flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish more
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis". more
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis". more
Forest Research said the UK is the first country to eradicate the beetle after five-year battle. more
A painterly, macro view of a cauliflower soft coral by Ross Gudgeon has taken out top prize in the Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year competition. ‘This is an more
Villa Blanca Reef off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula is home to emblematic and endangered species, and is the site a coral restoration project with 35 platforms growing different species of coral. more
Caitlin Cassidy competes in Australia’s World Cup spogomi qualifier, a fun event that’s really about raising environmental awareness, in ManlyIt’s Saturday morning at Manly beach and you could cut the more
Film-maker Beau Miles set himself the challenge of planting 1,440 trees and shrubs in one day. Four years later the result is ‘totally worth it’Sign up for climate and environment more
Roughly $400,000 in the $1m budget was for public awareness – but those funds were recently ‘zeroed out’When a team of scientists embarked two years ago on a $1m landmark more
Changes in U.S. government support for electric vehicles have led to a buying bonanza — and a darker long-term future for the auto industry. more
Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded missionEarlier this summer, access to climate.gov – one of the most widely used portals of more
First of two articles about the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s struggles with sea level rise, water quality and habitat resilience on the coast of Maine. SIPAYIK, Maine—On the Sipayik peninsula in more
SIPAYIK, Maine—Clams have been entwined with the story of the Passamaquoddy tribe for 13,000 years. Archaeological digs at ancient tribal sites have uncovered “middens,” or piles of discarded clamshells from more
Even as the U.S. federal government rapidly retreats from science-based decision-making, adopts climate-damaging energy policies and disengages from international climate efforts, 46 American researchers have been chosen as authors for more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving the public just three weeks to weigh in on a key step of its attempt to scrap the Roadless Rule, which protects almost more
CHESTER, Pa.—In this small city south of Philadelphia, trash is a problem. A thick white cloud rising from Reworld’s Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility, the largest trash incinerator in the more
From its source in the wetlands near Zambia’s northwestern border, through the industrial zones of the Copperbelt, to where it plunges through a steep gorge toward the Zambezi, the Kafue more
Toxic algae cases in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh have tripled since last year, as local fishers’ incomes plummetThe UK’s largest lake, Lough Neagh, is on course to record its worst more
Inkpen, Berkshire: It’s been an awful year for their breeding numbers, yet here we are, at our back garden gate, watching two young adults that feel like our ownMost evenings more
Live explosives on army training sites in the UK countryside mean many wildfires cannot be tackled. more
Farmworkers and their families have long demanded the right to know when and where growers plan to spray dangerous pesticides in their communities. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation finally more
EL PASO—The Rio Grande flows over 1,800 miles from the mountains of southwestern Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico. A lawsuit filed in 2013 between Texas and New Mexico over more
In Cape Town, South Africa, an ongoing conflict between people and baboons has escalated to the point that local authorities are considering culling 117 animals from four troops, roughly a more
I write this while waiting for my tablet to die. Tomorrow, I’ll return to air-conditioning, stable WiFi and refrigeration, but here in Long Moh, deep in the remote Upper Baram more
Over the last several years, the Colombian government has taken steps to end oil and gas drilling in the Amazon. It pledged to stop issuing new exploration licenses and signed more
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — A “sea war” is brewing off the West African nation of Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign commercial fishing vessels, and each other. The fight more
Fish and other marine organisms, though deeply affected by human activities, don’t respect human borders. The ranges of many commercially important species in fact straddle the borders of countries’ exclusive more
Events this August raise a critical question: Can the United Nations process to combat global plastic pollution ever reach agreement? Or is some other way forward necessary? The Intergovernmental Negotiating more
Most plants get their coloration from pigments, but an endangered South African cycad gets its unique silvery-blue hue from wax crystals and an underlying chlorophyll-rich layer, according to a recent more
KATHMANDU — Whenever Chandra Prakash Pathak visits neighboring farms in his hometown of Lumbini, in southwestern Nepal, he sees a thick blanket of black smog. The problem is more severe more
WEST JAVA, Indonesia – A billion-dollar push to expand fish farming on the island of Java to support Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s free school meals program will absorb protected forests more
In late August, high in South Africa’s Jonkershoek Mountains, a small group of botanists picked their way across steep ground in search of one of the world’s rarest plants. They more
How are rhinos faring around the world? As per new findings, it’s a “mixed bag.” According to a report published by the nonprofit International Rhino Foundation, the number of Javan more
Eight Socorro dove chicks hatched at Chester Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this year. These brown floofs represent a significant milestone for a species that is extinct in the wild. more
Transforming bare and compacted soil in vineyards can boost numbers of important invertebrate, say advocatesVineyards are generally the most inhospitable of landscapes for the humble earthworm; the soil beneath vines more
In 2017, when Vincent Deblauwe joined the Cameroon-based Congo Basin Institute (CBI) to study African ebony (Diospyros crassiflora) — economically valuable pitch-black, dense wood — the Indigenous Baka people accompanied more
COLOMBO — In recent months, elephants have stolen the spotlight yet again in Sri Lanka’s mainstream and social media. The surge in attention to them began when a series of more
Five months after the World Bank’s private investment arm submitted its action plan to address community grievances against a rubber plantation it funds in Liberia, affected residents are still waiting more
Nurturing everything from bacteria and fungi to worms is seen as essential to helping minimise use of chemicals and machineryNick Padwick hunches over a microscope, examining a sample of compost more
CHICAGO—Samuel Corona’s environmental organizing career started over coffee. He was only supposed to talk with Peggy Salazar, then executive director of the Southeast Environmental Task Force, for half an hour. more
Since 2022, Republican lawmakers in Congress and state attorneys general have sent letters to major banks, pension funds, asset managers, accounting firms, companies, nonprofits and business alliances, putting them on more
“We buy homes” companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they're taking advantage of tragedy. more
Rising temperatures and chronically broken cooling systems are turning the lunch rush into a deadly risk for some workers. more
Bison have made a remarkable comeback in Yellowstone National Park, going from fewer than two dozen animals at the turn of the last century to roughly 5,000 today. Their return, more
For local communities in Brunei, the longest bridge in Southeast Asia does more than connect remote eastern areas to the country’s urban capital; it also opens up access to rainforests more
Kenya is in the process of building its very first nuclear power station. According to forecasts by the Kenya Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA), construction is due to start more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02736-yThe month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09563-1Author Correction: Dual neuromodulatory dynamics underlie birdsong learning more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02725-1Average expected lifespan is still increasing in high-income countries, but the rate of increase is slowing. more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02733-1Scientists are searching for awareness in all its possible forms — insights from human brains could inform that quest. more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02782-6System that searches for signs of bad practice could help to weed out questionable titles. more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02770-wSome researchers say that US-agency policies provide opportunities for political interference. more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02497-8A new generation of researchers is using the platform to build audiences and monetize their knowledge. more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02470-5The professional-networking platform helped Elena Hoffer to launch a company and sparked a global conversation to re-imagine academia. more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02772-8Analysis of almost 15 million people shows the trend increases with each decade, across cultures and generations. more
Nature, Published online: 29 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02741-1Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X. more
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.—It was already too late. As Hurricane Katrina blew ashore along the Gulf Coast with winds over 125 miles an hour, Truong Van Dai, an oyster shucker, more
By 1970, scientists had spent 65 years thinking the black lion tamarin, a small monkey with a spectacular mane, was extinct. That year, locals found a small population of the more
THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Efforts to restore the red-legged frog to Southern California, where it had all but disappeared, seemed doomed when the COVID-19 pandemic more
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve has been invaded over the past year by people trying to establish a permanent settlement, and officials are racing to remove them more
Ministers should find out what the regulator says before signing away a further £1.8bn of public moneyThere is already a scandal of bad accounting at Drax, one could say mischievously. more
Some 30,000 years ago, Stone Age people decorated a cave, today known as Cueva de los Casares, in central Spain with pictures of mating humans (most famously), geometric shapes, and more
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) recently announced the creation of a formal role for Indigenous peoples, giving them a voice for the first time in one of the Amazon more
What’s the evidence behind rat infestation warnings? And farewell to wet wipe island more
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic falloutThe collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, more
Animals living on small islands are often thought to be more susceptible to extinction compared to those distributed across mainland land masses. Small population sizes, limited habitat availability, and genetic more
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — During the second half of the 20th century, Thailand’s forest cover plummeted from around 50% to 25% due to urbanization and rapid economic development. Although legislation more
The Environment Agency are currently considering enforcement action against the operator, Viridor. more
A federal court in Brazil has reinstated the Amazon soy moratorium, a private-sector antideforestation measure that helps protect the Amazon Rainforest against the expansion of soy farms in the biome. more
How to test your water, get free filters, and find other help. more
Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk. more
Here’s what we found, how to know if you’re at risk, and how to replicate our work. more
Hundreds of wildfires across Europe have burned at least 1 million hectares, or around 2.5 million acres, since the start of the year. That’s made 2025 the worst year for more
The IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, now officially recognizes four distinct giraffe species, it announced on Aug. 21. Until recently, giraffes across Africa were classified as a single species more
KATHMANDU — Until the summer of 2024, residents of Rajabahs village in Nepal’s southeastern Madhesh province reeled under a water shortage for more than eight years as wells and springs more
The invaders present a devastating threat to Britain’s pollinators – constant watchfulness and clever technology are needed to thwart their progressWere it not for the bags of destroyed hornets nests more
In one of the bluest U.S. states, Americans for Prosperity is making inroads against climate action. more
COLOMBO — In the mist-wrapped folds of Sri Lanka’s Knuckles Mountain Range, a UNESCO-recognized world heritage site, where clouds softly wrap the rugged peaks in a soft embrace, a group more
Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.Read more on E360 → more
Two decades after the devastating storm, scientists can more easily determine how much global warming is intensifying tropical cyclones. more
A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’It’s the UK equivalent of bullfighting. Next week, in Falmouth in more
Some five million children - over half of those in England - are living in homes at risk of overheating. more
In the waters of the Johor strait, Indigenous communities are struggling to survive as nearby cities expand and fishing stocks dwindleWords and photographs by Izzy SasadaAween Bin Terawin submerges himself more
Wildfires have scorched southern Europe and new research suggests climate change played a major role. more
Nature, Published online: 28 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02783-5Rumours that fuelled the Great Fear in revolutionary France were transmitted similarly to a viral disease. Plus, glow-in-the-dark succulents and a new treatment for more
Nature, Published online: 28 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09552-4Author Correction: Endophilin marks and controls a clathrin-independent endocytic pathway more
Nature, Published online: 28 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02771-9Paralvinella hessleri is the first known animal to create orpiment, which was used by artists for centuries. more
Nature, Published online: 28 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02727-zThe creature might have been more than 3.5 metres long, with powerful jaws and serrated, flesh-cutting teeth. more
Nature, Published online: 28 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02709-1Research shows that beer drinkers are split depending on which types of flavour chemicals they prefer. more
For decades, the case for saving tropical forests has been cast in terms of carbon. Trees sequester vast quantities of it; razing them pumps more into the air. But new more
The animal has come as a surprise to experts, who now have to rethink how these armoured dinosaurs evolved more
Aerial footage shows thick plumes of smoke from wildfires raging in the northern Spanish region of Asturias. Wildfires have burned more than a million hectares (2.5m acres) of land in more
The Starship rocket is critical to the company's hopes of one day carrying people to the Moon and Mars. more
Every year the Natural History Museum in London honors the best wildlife photographers from around the world, highlighting 100 extraordinary photos of nature. This year, the finalists were selected from more
The city’s $14 billion flood system faces new threats from climate change, land subsidence, and Trump budget cuts. more
The Department of Energy is calling for "honest dialogue." It looks a lot like a playbook from the past. more
As the Trump administration shrinks the Department of Agriculture, rural farming communities are left to pay the price. more
Picked from a record 60,636 entries, the first images from the Natural History Museum’s wildlife photographer of the year competition have been released. The photographs, which range from a lion more
Sharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers saySharks without teeth might sound like the stuff of dreams to swimmers and surfers. Now a more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02523-9An optical system that induces random fluctuations in a laser beam could be faster and more efficient at generating images than conventional computers are. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09538-2Retraction Note: Crystal structures of agonist-bound human cannabinoid receptor CB1 more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02645-0Longer-lasting treatments and smarter care practices can protect and repair the most visible part of the body. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02749-7Modern epidemiological models shed light on the causes of the ‘Great Fear’ — plus, Nature’s big quantum interpretation quiz. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02726-0Big-eyed species are especially vulnerable to the effects of light pollution, a citizen-science effort shows. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09399-9The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09451-8Adaptive wireless communication over an unprecedented frequency range spanning over 100 GHz can be achieved by a thin-film lithium niobate photonic wireless system, which can more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09388-yAminoacyl-thiols reacting selectively with RNA diols over amine nucleophiles and demonstration of chemically controlled formation of peptidyl-RNA in water at neutral pH suggest an more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09371-7An assessment at the scale of the Democratic Republic of the Congo shows that urban gullies are a growing problem, with 118,600 people displaced more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09466-1Human exploration is driven by two distinct neural mechanisms, a valence-independent rate signal and a valence-dependent global noise signal. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02555-1Classifications drawn from outmoded concepts of race impede research and clinical practice. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09410-3A global land surface phenology map predicts complex geographical discontinuities in flowering phenology, genetic divergence and harvest seasonality across a range of taxa. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09427-8Cocaine chemogenetics in rats is a selective approach for countering drug reinforcement by clamping dopamine release in the presence of cocaine. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02738-wEngland’s health service is trialling an artificial-intelligence tool that can identify skin cancer as accurately as a physician. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02651-2Demystifying itching, giving robots facial expressions, and other key studies and trials. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09458-1Dual-scale chemical ordering in CoNiV-based alloys improves the synergy of strength and ductility at cryogenic temperatures, providing an approach for obtaining high-performance metallic materials more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02739-9The period of panic and unrest called the Great Fear was triggered by deliberately spread rumours, according to methods borrowed from pandemic playbooks. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09455-4By introducing chiroptical spectroscopy with attosecond pulses, attosecond coherent control over photoelectron circular dichroism is demonstrated and measurements of chiral asymmetries in the forward–backward more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02694-5Cells need to sense the presence or absence of nutrients so that they can adjust their metabolism and growth accordingly. A key node in more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02635-2Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09467-0Genomic and biochemical analyses of prokaryotic sulfur metabolism identify diverse microorganisms with the capacity to oxidize sulfide using iron(iii). more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02684-7Research into the growing environmental problem of urban gullies highlights the challenging conditions under which many socially important studies are done. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02745-xHundreds of thousands of people are at risk of displacement from expanding ‘gullies’ in cities across Africa. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02649-wToday’s antibody therapies must be taken for life to avoid severe setbacks. Researchers are pushing for a more durable treatment. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09476-zStable and robust topological edge modes are observed at finite temperatures in an array of 100 programmable superconducting qubits because of emergent symmetries present more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09453-6The ankylosaurian dinosaur Spicomellus afer possessed a tail weapon and uniquely elaborate dermal armour. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02740-2Succulents become rechargeable night lights after injection with tiny phosphor particles. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09446-5Optical generative models are demonstrated for the rapid and power-efficient creation of never-seen-before images of handwritten digits, fashion products, butterflies, human faces and Van more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09429-6BindCraft, an open-source, automated pipeline for de novo protein binder design with experimental success rates of 10–100%, leverages AlphaFold2 weights to generate binders with more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09441-wTree shrews show a primate-like hierarchical organization in their visual pathway and object decoding accuracy, along with strongly face-selective cells, demonstrating how core computational more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02698-1In primates, visual information is processed hierarchically, moving from early brain regions that respond to low-level features to later-stage areas that recognize complex features more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09462-5Haematopoietic stem cell numbers are restricted at both systemic and local levels. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09471-4A 2.5-billion-year record of oxygen isotopes in sedimentary sulfate reveals the transitional oxygenation of the Earth’s surface and provides constraints on the dynamic, lengthy more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02427-8The causes of early-life eczema have been unclear, but evidence indicates that changes to fetal immune cells and sensory neurons during pregnancy play a more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02424-xAnalyses of pelvis development in humans and other primates reveal how changes in bone-patterning processes helped humans to gain the ability to walk upright. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02514-wFour individuals from areas of academia to private industry share their tips on cracking into the state’s evolving aerospace industry. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09360-wThe dorsal peduncular area of the mouse brain functions as a network hub that integrates diverse cortical and thalamic inputs to regulate neuroendocrine and more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02690-9The body of Spicomellus, an armoured dinosaur (ankylosaur) from Morocco, was covered in extravagant spines, including spikes measuring nearly one metre in length that more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02648-xEngineered multilayered tissues are showing great promise in the clinic, and could also provide more-accurate models for studying skin disease. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02646-zPeople with the inflammatory skin disease are at greater risk of neuropsychiatric conditions. Researchers are trying to find out why. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09445-6Mechanical confinement of cancer cells at the tumour–microenvironment interface induces phenotype switching through chromatin remodelling by HMGB2, leading to a more invasive and drug-resistant more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02650-3Some people who stop using topical steroids go through a withdrawal that leads to aggressive flare-ups. But not all physicians take the problem seriously. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02518-6For life to emerge on Earth, peptides must first have formed without the aid of enzymes — but how? Reactions of sulfur-containing molecules might more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09392-2Epidemiological methods are used to show that the Great Fear of 1789, a series of peasant insurrections in rural revolutionary France, was driven by more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09457-2An electrically driven perovskite laser is constructed by vertically integrating a low-threshold single-crystal perovskite microcavity sub-unit with a high-power microcavity perovskite LED sub-unit. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02734-0Genetic and anatomical data reveal how the human pelvis acquired its unique shape, enabling our ancestors to walk on two legs. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02652-1Researchers are hoping to trick the immune system into fighting back against the bane of adolescents everywhere. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02647-yFresh treatments shift the focus from symptom management to repair, and help children with skin conditions to live active lives. more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09419-8Prenatal stress triggers molecular dysregulations in fetal neuroimmune circuits, leading to altered mast cell and sensory neuron function, which predisposes offspring to develop eczema more
Nature, Published online: 27 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02513-xCompanies and students are flocking to the state, drawn by growth and employment opportunities in the aerospace sector. more
Our Mission
According to the 1972 articles of Incorporation, the purposes of the organization are:
- To acquire or lease undeveloped lands and establish thereon educational building(s).
- To develop natural history and conservation education programs in cooperation with schools, colleges, hospitals, youth groups and other organizations which will develop an understanding and appreciation of natural resources.
- To cooperate with national, state, county, municipal and private natural resource agencies in providing an outdoor laboratory in which to demonstrate natural resource problems and management techniques.
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What We Sponsor
The DNC sponsors numerous programs to bring residents of Demarest and the surrounding areas into closer contact with wildlife and the natural world. Programs have varied, including lectures on native plants, family hikes, maple syrup making, bird watching & counts, birdhouse building, mushroom foraging walk, community trail walk and children’s scavenger hunts. Local outdoor activities have been held at the Nature Center, Wakelee Field, various school grounds, and at the Duck Pond.
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Since its incorporation in 1977 the Demarest Nature Center Association has cared for a 55-acre parcel of land bordered by Columbus Road on the west and County Road on the east. The Demarest Nature Center is open to all every day of the year. In addition to protecting woods, vernal ponds, meadows, and a section of the Tenakill Brook, as well as establishing and maintaining walking trails, the center provides educational events for everyone about the beauty of nature and the importance of preserving our amazing forest habitat. Your membership dollars go towards sponsorship of environmental education programs for kindergarten through the fourth grade in the Demarest schools, and a yearly scholarship given to a local high school senior who plans to pursue environment-related studies in college. Your membership also helps support our birdhouse/bird feeder building program, our annual photo contest, maple syrup making, environmental scholarships, monthly community trail walks and the Craft Show at Oktoberfest/Fall Festival Event.
The Demarest Nature Center Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, run solely by volunteers and receives no funding from the Borough of Demarest.
Residents of Demarest receive all DNC mailings as postal patrons. Non-resident members receive DNC mailings by 1st class mail.
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