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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Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07714-4A comprehensive model framework is used to estimate the global net direct radiative forcing of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen as being about −0.34 W m−2, which has more
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Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07603-wAnalysis of peridotites reveals ultralow oxygen fugacity, suggesting that rafts of ancient, ultrareduced mantle were generated by deep melting at high temperatures and continue more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07719-zThe cryo-electron microscopy structures of the human noradrenaline transporter in both the apo state and bound to substrates or antidepressant drugs are resolved. more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07631-6We demonstrate that the ability to conserve energy coupled to methane production is not restricted to the Euryarchaeota and is much more widespread than more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02462-xNew method can help guide treatment with most effective antibiotic — plus how things get weird when an AI is trained on AI-created text. more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07728-yMethanosuratincola petrocarbonis LWZ-6 is a strict hydrogen-dependent methylotrophic methanogen that does not ferment sugars, peptides or amino acids. more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07745-xA study of two childhood cases of herpes simplex encephalitis shows that TMEFF1 interacts with the HSV-1 cell-surface receptor NECTIN-1, preventing HSV-1 from fusing more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07716-2A human in vitro model of coeliac disease comprising duodenal organoids that maintain both epithelium and an immune microenvironment finds a previously unsuspected role more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02401-wMotor neurons control the muscles and are therefore the only means through which the brain can move the body and interact with the world. more
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Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07724-2Thermoelectric plastics with a high figure of merit, suppressed thermal conductivity and an enhanced power factor are realized by combining layered and bulk heterojunctions more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07725-1An ultra-rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing method is introduced that bypasses the need for traditional blood culture, demonstrating the potential to significantly reduce the turnaround more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02420-7Researchers gave successive versions of a large language model information produced by previous generations of the AI — and observed rapid collapse. more
Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07566-yAnalysis shows that indiscriminately training generative artificial intelligence on real and generated content, usually done by scraping data from the Internet, can lead to more
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Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02293-wA meta-analysis of 21 carbon-pricing schemes suggests that the strategy reduces greenhouse-gas emissions. Deciding how high to set prices is the next step — more
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Nature, Published online: 23 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02382-wThe new French government should support education and research by improving budgets. more
Nature, Published online: 23 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02416-3Success with a new route to producing superheavy elements paves the way to making the elusive element 120. more
Nature, Published online: 23 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02385-7In an age of geopolitical tensions, researchers need to be realistic and think beyond fundamental science to chart a safe path for collaboration. more
Nature, Published online: 23 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02348-yCoating implants with an adhesive layer that bonds them to target tissue can prevent the formation of observable fibrous capsules on various organs and more
Nature, Published online: 23 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07847-6Publisher Correction: Legionella effector LnaB is a phosphoryl-AMPylase that impairs phosphosignalling more
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Nature, Published online: 22 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02387-5Materials scientist Shiva Shirani measures how cement hardens at the nanoscale to inform how to develop a more eco-friendly material. more
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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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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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