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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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Rising energy costs are a problem in the U.S. Ending Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and ramping up fossil fuels would make it even worse. more
Shropshire Hills: My dad accidentally picked up a hibernating hedgehog, and it (Gnasher) ended up living in our house for a couple of daysWe were tidying up the garden where more
South London: Ever since they left our pond last autumn I’ve dedicated my life to amphibians. Now I’m waiting for them to come backI’m sitting at the edge of the more
Giant blobs along 5,000-mile-wide sargassum belt has killed animals, harmed human health and discouraged tourismScientists in Florida believe they have identified a “tipping point” in atmospheric conditions in the Atlantic more
DENVER—Few states over the past decade have been as progressive on climate action as Colorado, which is endeavoring to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030, and more
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with David Cash, the former EPA administrator for Region 1-New England. Former president more
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority Even with the caveats about limited data and untangling causation and correlation, the more
Conservationists find critically endangered species thriving on Indian Ocean island of ArideRecord numbers of Wright’s gardenia, one of the world’s rarest and most fragrant trees, have been counted on the more
On social media a self-proclaimed earthquake predictor says he can forecast big shakes, but experts say it's pure luck. more
Increasing run-ins between anglers and the ocean’s apex predators reflects a growing unease among beachgoers. But is widespread fear justified?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMoreton more
President Donald Trump signed an executive order behind closed doors on Thursday that aims to fast-track mining projects across the country and prioritize mineral production on public lands with suitable more
This week, a jury in North Dakota found Greenpeace liable for more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. It was a more
Experts called the verdict “beyond punitive.” The organization plans to appeal and has already filed a countersuit in Europe. more
On Feb. 14, the Trump administration fired around 1,000 employees from the National Park Service, part of a widespread federal workforce purge that many have referred to as the “Valentine’s more
A new report by the NGO Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) reviewed national laws and regulations across 35 countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa. It found that since RRI’s more
For the Akit tribe of Bengkalis and Pelalawan districts in Riau province, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, land is more than just soil beneath their feet: it is their more
In the last decade, the Pan Amazon has seen a substantial increase in the presence of Chinese companies, either as direct investors or as contractors building infrastructure for governments financed more
“They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a small Indigenous group that had just contacted non-Indigenous society in the more
Deforestation in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco, driven largely by agribusiness and infrastructure development, poses an increasing threat to the Indigenous Ayoreo people. The communities, living in isolation, risk losing their ancestral more
As Nepal’s reptiles are one of the least studied among the country’s diverse flora and fauna, researchers have long been saying that it could be home to numerous species waiting more
A new prize recognises the power of storytelling to address the biggest issue of our timeNo novelist should ignore the climate emergency, Paul Murray, author of the bestselling novel The more
A community conservation team saw not one but two baby Cao-vit gibbons, one of the world’s rarest apes, in the remote forests of northern Vietnam in 2024, the NGO Fauna more
An investigation found thousands of white bags near Monterrey, but aerial footage shows a bigger problemRevealed: US hazardous waste is sent to Mexico – where a ‘toxic cocktail’ of pollution more
Africa’s remaining tropical glaciers are rapidly disappearing as greenhouse gas emissions drive global warming. In the Rwenzori Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the border between the Democratic Republic more
The pumping of sewage into rivers and seas has become a scandal in Britain. Photographer Dylan Martinez has spent years travelling around the country to capture the story of its more
RICHMOND, Va.—It’s all eyes on Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin now to take action on a number of bills aimed at increasing renewable energy development in the state and utility more
OAK GROVE, Ala.—For the first time, an Alabama official has said that a fatal March 2024 home explosion above an expanding longwall mine in the central part of the Yellowhammer more
Few regulations have been as subject to the yo-yo of successive presidential administrations and their political whims. more
What’s new: Your recently imported ornamental tree might have a stowaway spider or lizard hidden in its branches, a recent study warns. What’s more, these accidentally transported wildlife can turn more
Rural residents are left holding the bills for everything from solar panels to grain dryers. more
Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life. more
Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at riskIf humanity has an epitaph, it more
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading more
More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, groundwater, lakes and glaciers face continued threats of pollution and overexploitation due to more
Minneriya, SRI LANKA — With a single tusk that made him stand out, the majestic bull elephant Unicorn was a true king among the wild herds of Minneriya, a biodiversity more
The government says the new Western Forest project will help the UK meet its tree-planting targets. more
The government says the new Western Forest project will help the UK meet its tree-planting targets. more
Conservation NGOs and commercial sardine and anchovy fisheries in South Africa have reached an out-of-court settlement agreeing to extents of fishing closures around six key African penguin breeding colonies. The more
Researchers describe widespread contamination of plastics in the bodies of more than 50 different bird speciesA new study has provided the first evidence that microplastics are accumulating in bird lungs.Birds more
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Earth’s frozen places — ice sheets, glaciers and permafrost — are melting: A clear sign of climate change and a planet quickly exiting the stable state that gave rise to more
JAKARTA — Palm oil companies in Indonesia continue to operate on protected peatlands and clear forests, despite having their forestry permits revoked and being certified as sustainable, a new report more
The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK. more
The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK. more
Exclusive: energy secretary says 2050 target is imperative, and accuses opposition of betraying of future generations The government is “absolutely up for the fight” over net zero, Ed Miliband has more
Nature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00849-yFurloughs and more staff reductions loom as academic institutions contend with the prospect of even deeper cuts to federal funding. more
Nature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00840-7Terminated projects include studies on the implications of AI in combat and how extremism spreads online. more
Nature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08905-3Author Correction: AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data more
Nature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00769-xA crackdown on sulfur in ship fuel is linked to a steep drop in thunderclouds in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. more
Nature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08904-4Author Correction: Heritable polygenic editing: the next frontier in genomic medicine? more
Nature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00828-3Concern rises among researchers after agency officials ask for a list of projects funded to study the jabs. more
Nature, Published online: 21 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08872-9Publisher Correction: A metagenomic ‘dark matter’ enzyme catalyses oxidative cellulose conversion more
Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis, threatening ecosystems, agriculture and water sourcesRetreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, more
Basic logic dictates that the more accurate and detailed knowledge one has about a problem, the better one can solve it. Take Europe’s forests. The bigger picture is clear: over more
Fisheries observers hold a job little known by the general public but essential to the health of the oceans: monitoring the work on industrial fishing vessels. The sector has its more
Hundreds of people gathered on the University of California, Berkeley campus Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s latest attack on academic freedom. They stood before the famed steps named after more
New research finds that microalgae in northern peat bogs will absorb more carbon dioxide as the planet warms, helping to take a bite out of emissions.Read more on E360 → more
A U.S. federal judge recently ordered the Trump administration’s Fish and Wildlife Service to complete assessments on the impacts of six pesticides and the steps needed to protect endangered species more
LAKE CHILWA, Malawi — When fishers on Lake Chilwa cast their nets, they don’t know whether there are fish below, or something else entirely. “We don’t go out in the more
And after two Nasa astronauts were finally brought home, we ask why SpaceX stole the show. more
“This is not designed to cut expenses, it's designed to destroy,” one official said. more
A jury in the U.S. state of North Dakota has found the environmental advocacy group Greenpeace liable for defamation against Texas-based Energy Transfer, operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Greenpeace more
Countries all over the world face huge deficits in affordable housing today. But pursuing a circular economy, or the practice of making a good’s life cycle less resource-intensive, can pave more
Bat researchers recently declared a “major victory” in helping stop the online ornamental trade of bats, especially the painted woolly bat that’s sought as a décor or trinket for its more
Brazil has declared a nationwide environmental emergency to prevent another devastating fire season in 2025. In 2024, record-breaking blazes scorched millions of hectares of native vegetation in the Amazon Rainforest more
Conservationists voice concern that the Ontario theme park will struggle to find suitable homes for its animalsCanada’s embattled Marineland theme park is to raise money to “expeditiously” remove animals from more
When people are protesting at an automaker’s retail locations because of the CEO’s political actions, when that automaker’s sales are plummeting around the world, when that company’s vehicle lineup is more
Satish Bhaskar was a curious man. From a very young age he was fascinated with the sea and the diverse marine creatures, especially turtles. When he learnt that sea turtles more
Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches over a gravelly Richtersveld moonscape, a desert that straddles the South African more
The Trump administration plans to increase “regulatory flexibility” for oil and gas companies trying to find ways to dispose of copious amounts of toxic wastewater. The wastewater, also known as more
Industry groups expressed concerns about California’s landmark plastic pollution law in the weeks before regulators were supposed to begin enforcing it. more
Similar programs across the country are also struggling. more
The run-up to 2016 shows ‘common sense’ isn’t enough. Even ignorant, reactionary arguments must be properly counteredKemi Badenoch’s speech on climate this week was not interesting of itself: she said more
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A green iguana rests above the letters spelling Ecopetrol at the headquarters of Colombia’s largest company, located in the heart of Bogotá, the capital city. In 2021, more
Botanist Andrea Bianchi and local plant experts Aloyce Mwakisoma and his brother Ruben were exploring two tiny village forest reserves in the Udzungwa mountains in 2019, when they stumbled upon more
Colombia’s Ecopetrol polluted hundreds of sites, including water sources and wetlands, the BBC finds. more
An international court published its ruling this month that the Ecuadorian government was responsible for a long list of human rights violations against uncontacted Indigenous communities in the Amazon Rainforest. more
Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00850-5The document asks US-funded scientists in Australia, the UK and the EU to declare links to China or projects on diversity, equity and inclusion. more
Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08893-4Bulk superconductivity near 40 K in hole-doped SmNiO2 at ambient pressure more
Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08897-0End-to-end data-driven weather prediction more
Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08886-3Author Correction: Spatially resolved multiomics of human cardiac niches more
Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08836-zAuthor Correction: Observation of an ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrino with KM3NeT more
Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00593-3Some early-career researchers report feeling pressure to use animal models to meet journal and grant requirements, even in disciplines and projects that don’t require more
Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00857-yMysterious ‘dark energy’ — thought to be a cosmological constant — might have weakened over billions of years. Plus, skin immune cells form their more
Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00855-0MRI scans show that the brains of infants and toddlers can encode memories, even if we don’t remember them as adults. more
Greenpeace has warned it could be forced into bankruptcy because of the case brought by Energy Transfer. more
New research could force a fundamental rethink of the nature of space and time. more
Sixteen people died in Mozambique and one in Madagascar after Cyclone Jude pivoted through the region last week, according to the latest European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) more
SOMERSET, England — Steart Marshes, in southwest England, may not be the most picturesque nature reserve in the British Isles, but it is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating. Just more
The win by Poland’s Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills tree marks Poland’s fourth victory in a row. more
Presented in February by Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes, a draft bill violates Indigenous people's constitutional rights by stripping their veto power against impactful activities on their ancestral lands and more
The endangered great apes of Malaysia and Indonesia struggle when translocated despite efforts to protect them, finds researchWhen authorities were called about reports of an orangutan in an Indonesian village, more
U.S. Congresswoman Amata Radewagen, who represents American Samoa, has urged the Trump administration to reopen most of an enormous marine protected area in the Central Pacific Ocean to industrial fishing more
A massive oil spill in Ecuador, in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, has covered multiple rivers and a key wildlife refuge in thick, black sludge, impacting more than half a million more
As the impacts of climate change and other threats mount, conservationists are racing to preserve endangered plant species in botanical garden “metacollections” in the hope of eventually returning them to more
Temperatures and carbon dioxide levels hit new highs last year, according to a U.N. report detailing the dire state of the global climate.Read more on E360 → more
Loading… How the Klamath Dams Came Down By Anita Hofschneider and Jake Bittle Illustrations by Jackie Fawn March 19, 2025 Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a more
Now they're turning to the UN for help. more
I drove 2,000 miles with a French friend across my home country – and saw the endless nowhere land that is the crucible of TrumpismIn 1941 Dorothy Thompson, an American more
Dolphins circled their capsule after it landed off the coast of Florida. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08678-9Mandimycin, a polyene macrolide, exhibits strong antifungal activity and possesses a mode of action that is distinct from other compounds of this class. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00793-xThe European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build a mega collider by 2070. Critics say the plan could lead to its ruin. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08766-wCryo-electron microscopy structures of DNA helicases in various conformations provide insight into an ATP-hydrolysis-dependent ‘entropy switch’ that drives unwinding of DNA for replication, with more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00745-5Big data is key for the quality control needed to advance the field. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00847-0Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is convinced. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00845-2Laser-based system allows quantum-encrypted information to be beamed across the globe, plus — an AI that can improve other AIs via written feedback, and more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08724-6Dynamic cytoskeletal regulation of lymphatic endothelial cell shape, induced by isotropic stretch and crucial for dermal lymphatic capillary function, is identified and found to more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00397-5The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments available to astronomers. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00796-8Cells called neutrophils form gooey rings around sites where skin is punctured, study in mice shows. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00837-2Physicists had long assumed that the elusive force has constant strength. But the latest results from a project to map the Universe’s expansion challenge more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08728-2Germinal centre B cells modify their mutation rate to preserve high-affinity receptors, thereby safeguarding high-affinity B cell lineages and enhancing the outcomes of antibody affinity maturation. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00800-1An analysis of peat from ancient wetlands provides a reconstruction of how sea level increased millennia ago — and how it might rise again more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08662-3Spontaneous parametric down-conversion was used to generate narrowband photon pairs with a high spectral brightness in a high-Q silicon nitride microresonator. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00581-7A Chinese team has transmitted quantum-encrypted images a record 12,900 kilometres. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00831-8New metric assesses how AI is getting better at completing long tasks — but some researchers are wary of long-term predictions. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08695-8Using advanced brain-recording techniques, parrots were found to have a brain organization for vocal control similar to humans, making them an important model for more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00747-3A ‘datacentric’ approach will allow consumers and producers to make informed decisions that aid the transition to clean power. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08687-8B cell germinal centres achieve a balance between clonal expansion and sequence diversification by suppressing somatic hypermutation during proliferative clonal bursts. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08732-6VDAC2 deficiency elicits uncontrolled IFNγ-induced BAK activation and mitochondrial damage for improved cancer therapy. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00851-4A geneticist gently prises open the branches of family trees to reveal hidden kinships. Plus, the world's oldest crater and a proposed energy plant more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08661-4Generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be optimized using TextGrad, a framework that performs optimization by backpropagating large-language-model-generated feedback; TextGrad enables optimization across diverse more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00801-0A bacterium makes a molecule that kills drug-resistant fungi in an unusual way — by targeting various phospholipid molecules in membranes. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00806-9The AMPA group of brain receptors have mostly been assumed to be calcium impermeable and so were not thought to contribute to the calcium-dependent more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00742-8Clean-energy research might be booming in Asia, but the energy transition has an uncertain future. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08739-zA quantum microsatellite, with a payload weighing only 23 kilograms, in combination with portable ground stations that weigh merely 100 kilograms, is capable of performing space-to-ground more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00846-1The specialized cells that let lymph leak (and why that's a good thing) more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08692-xUnder field conditions, acquisitive tree species generally grow slowly, whereas conservative species show generally higher realized growth, owing to their ability to tolerate unfavourable more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00744-6Insights from the Nature Index show that the boom in research related to affordable and clean energy is not a global trend. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08734-4Sleep-inducing neurons in Drosophila rely on Hyperkinetic, the β-subunit of the KV1 channel Shaker, to monitor sleep need by translating lipid peroxidation events into more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00816-7A network of quantum satellites that communicate with ground stations could offer a solution to enable a global quantum network. A quantum microsatellite that more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08777-7Genomic evolutionary rates are decomposed to identify the dominant lineages and genes driving rate variation across the phylogeny of birds. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00746-4Investment in renewables is hitting new heights, but uneven funding and geopolitical uncertainty are clouding the boom. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08708-6Whole-gene sequencing of microdissected gastric glands from individuals with and without gastric cancer reveals distinct patterns of somatic mutations and provides insights into influences more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08703-xPair density modulation, an unusual superconducting state whose superconducting gap is modulated by the wavelength corresponding to the lattice periodicity, is described and observed more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08725-5Itinerant magnetism in rhombohedral multilayer graphene shows a large excess entropy from magnetic fluctuations above its critical temperature—typically only associated with local moments—which implies more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08727-3Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of cells and matrix along the fibrotic trajectory in mouse lung identified PI16 as an anti-fibrotic factor with potential for more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08597-9Long-term studies provide insights into the complex interplay between evolutionary process and pattern across multiple systems and timescales. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08730-8In mice, learning and performance on an auditory task is driven by higher-order signals in the auditory cortex that are no longer required when more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08685-wA process based on perovskite semiconductors is described to downscale micro-LEDs and nano-LEDs to below the conventional size limits, demonstrating average external quantum efficiencies more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00680-5Neural recordings from parrots and songbirds reveal the ways in which vocal production is encoded in the brain, highlighting remarkable similarities between how parrots more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08769-7An early Holocene sea-level curve based on data from the North Sea reveals two phases of accelerated sea-level rise owing to meltwater from the more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00803-yComprehensive maps of mutations in healthy and diseased gastric tissue give clues about how cancer arises and could inform early-detection strategies. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00813-wSee images of another tiny display with pixels the size of a human hair. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08738-0High spatiotemporal precision tracking using 3D MINFLUX shows that nuclear import and export occur in overlapping regions of the central pore, providing insight into more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00628-9An antisocial network. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08702-yRaman spectroscopy measurements of water at the interface with oil droplets show a perturbed hydrogen-bond network and evidence for a strong interfacial electric field. more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00802-zIn forest experiments, tree species capable of high rates of photosynthesis grow more slowly than species with lower maximum rates of photosynthesis — with more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08717-5Results of a multicentre phase 1 clinical trial evaluating treatment with the engineered herpes simplex virus VG161 in advanced liver cancer indicate a good more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08741-5A population of neutrophils in the skin produces extracellular matrix, providing a defence strategy by reinforcing the barrier properties of the skin and helping more
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08757-xIntegration of spatial transcriptomics data with data from genome-wide association studies enables spatially resolved mapping of cells associated with human diseases and other complex 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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DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Birdwatching & Nature Walk with Don Torino (Bergen County Audubon Society)-April 2025
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Canoe Day, Birdhouses/Birdfeeder Building, Beekeeper, Earth Day/Arbor Day-April 2025
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Marc Gussen School Field Trips- May 2025
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Native Plant Day at Dekorte Park in Meadowlands- May 2025
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Community Trail Walk & Nature Trails Day (Improve Trails)-June 2025
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Birdwatching & Nature Walk with Don Torino (Bergen County Audubon Society)-Nov 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
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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