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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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Numbers of animals once hunted as vermin are rising across the continent. But scientists worry about how we are going to get along with these predatorsEurope’s carnivores have had a more
Since a potentially hazardous asteroid was detected in December, tens of others objects have come close to Earth. more
Southern Ocean waves are growing larger and faster, threatening coastlines. But some scientists think they could help turn the tide in the climate crisisIn his remarkable memoir of his life more
Former federal employees devastated by president’s mass firings: ‘We’re at risk of losing our public lands to the billionaire agenda’Approximately 2,300 people have been terminated from the agencies that manage more
Scott Mason IV is the new administrator for the EPA region covering Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and 66 Tribal Nations. more
North Norfolk: Every morning, an endless flow of pink-footed geese passes overhead. Their comings and goings define the dayThe first thing you hear is a raucous cacophony in the distance, more
ORLANDO, Fla.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a legal challenge after approving a controversial plan to include radioactive waste in a road project late last year. The Center for Biological more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of PJM Interconnection’s plan to let 50 power projects, including nuclear and gas-fired plants, cut the line and connect to the grid ahead of more
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Dr. Tim Lenton, a professor at the University of Exeter. Last year more
Residents living near a nuclear power plant have seen rents double to £3,000 a month. more
The PM and his ministers are supporting illiberal laws that hard-right authoritarians could apply with zealIf the Trump project implodes, it might take with it the extreme and far-right European more
Photographs of gulls eating anything from chips to starfish will help solve a scientific puzzle. more
A program meant to help low-income Alabamians pay their utility bills has resumed two weeks after it was canceled due to an executive order from President Donald Trump. The Alabama more
For Stuart Garbett, clocking into the office in the summer meant traversing the sprawling, mountainous terrain of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in western Wyoming. As a seasonal wilderness ranger with more
In Buriticupu, about 1,200 people risk losing their homes, and residents have seen the problem escalate in 30 yearsAuthorities in a city in the Brazilian Amazon have declared a state more
The Trump administration has directed a federal agency to disconnect its electric vehicle charging stations, part of the president’s agenda to roll back progress on EVs and clean energy. An more
U.S President Donald Trump and his senior adviser, tech billionaire Elon Musk, recently imposed a 90-day freeze on nearly all USAID projects. USAID is known for funding health and humanitarian more
Pennsylvania’s wetlands face a new threat from a Trump administration order that directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to “fast-track” applications by fossil-fuel and other companies to build infrastructure more
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pushing to approve exploratory oil drilling at the mouth of the Amazon River before November’s U.N. COP30, an initiative which clashes with more
ANDRANOTSIMATY, Madagascar — On an August afternoon, a conspiracy of golden-crowned sifakas made their way across Andranotsimaty, a settlement inside Loky Manambato Protected Area in Madagascar. There are other kinds more
CANTON, N.C.—This resilient mountain town of 4,400 people west of Asheville has endured more hardship in the last four years than seems fair: Tropical Storm Fred in 2021. The closure more
This analysis was conceived by its author as a trilogy of commentaries in the wake of Decision 16/2 from the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Convention more
For primate sanctuaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the year 2025 has begun with panic, worry and uncertainty as they are caught between the ongoing armed conflict in the more
A new study details how, as wealthy countries rewild farmland, they are driving the destruction of forests in poorer countries that are more abundant in wildlife.Read more on E360 → more
As Ningaloo reef bleaches and an election looms, we must hold to account those who stand in the way of our safety – the small cohort profiting from fossil fuels, more
BLANTYRE, Malawi ― African lions are declining due to the decrease in their herbivore prey, necessitating the need for increased prey protection measures to reverse this trend, a study says. more
US government stripping funds from domestic and overseas research amid warnings for health and public safetyThe Trump administration is stripping away support for scientific research in the US and overseas more
Efforts to rewild landscapes across Europe and North America could be making global biodiversity loss worse by shifting environmental destruction to poorer, more biodiverse regions, a new study warns. Scientists more
Expert recommendations will influence plans for energy, housing, transport industry and farming for decadesLabour will next week be confronted with stark policy choices that threaten to expose the fault lines more
In Europe and large parts of the US it has been a week of plunging temperatures and heavy snowSevere weather hit South Africa this week, with intense thunderstorms, flooding and more
Next week, not far from where thousands of Indigenous and environmental activists gathered in North Dakota nine years ago in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline, one of the most more
On the same day the Trump administration announced it was freezing federal funds dedicated to electric vehicle projects, the largest electric utility in Illinois announced a $100 million rebate program more
Trump can't stop talking about a law that never passed. Should activists pick a new demand? more
What’s new: A recent study has identified 16 new-to-science species of grasshoppers living in the deserts of the U.S. and Mexico. One of the grasshoppers was named after the Mexican more
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading more
Consumed by anger and still mourning a brother and bandmate, the British quartet have written their masterpiece. They explain how they’re fighting self-loathing and trying to age responsiblyIn a world more
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, made headlines recently for laying an egg with a new partner, her first egg in four years. The egg has now hatched, and more
COLOMBO — In a dramatic turn of events, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani’s Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has withdrawn from the second phase of a proposed wind power project in northern more
Roana has recently celebrated her 46th birthday and is believed to be the oldest horse in the UK more
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00426-3More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out. more
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00555-9Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. more
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00506-4Satellite imagery helps to identify two hotspots of deforestation in the Atlantic Forest along Brazil’s eastern coast. more
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00552-yObjects that could strike the planet will be spotted more regularly as new asteroid-hunting telescopes come online. more
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00539-9Crows make a huge number of different sounds; Artificial Intelligence could help us understand what they mean. more
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00530-4Identifying tumours using blood samples is possible, but researchers are still working out how to validate and deploy multi-cancer tests. more
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00538-wCan mindfulness, meditation and other tools designed to boost well-being make a difference? Adam Levy investigates. more
Nature, Published online: 21 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00467-8Through comprehensive genomic and immune analyses, mechanisms of lung cancer resistance after treatment with EGFR inhibition and vaccine therapy were investigated. This case report, more
Residents in Topanga Canyon – an area of Indigenous heritage and artists – mobilized against the state’s decision to bring in hazardous materials after wildfiresTwenty years ago, it was called more
After hours spent at sea, fisherman Guy Bayonne Balou and his crew return to the southern shore of the Republic of Congo with their catch. The crew carry their pirogue, more
Deadly drownings of animals in water canals for irrigation and other purposes have been observed in various countries. The dry and semiarid regions of the planet are even more vulnerable more
Highly prized teak from Myanmar continues to be imported into Poland, despite EU sanctions on the Southeast Asian country’s state-run timber monopoly following the 2021 military coup and violent crackdown more
JAKARTA/BATAM, Indonesia — Mounting reports of illegal seabed dredging in Indonesian waters have raised ecological alarm bells following the resumption of a controversial policy of sand exports. On Feb. 10, more
Tree kangaroos, which live high up in the tall rainforest trees of New Guinea and Australia, are usually very hard to spot from the ground. But thermal drones, which detect more
Pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, hit the headlines more often for the illegal trade in their scales and meat than for their cherished role in their environment. As insectivores, more
Residents battle food shortages and health issues after vast areas of forest and farmland burned last yearAs she walks away from the house where she raised her family, Isabel Surubí more
The vicuña’s social habit of pooping in the same place could help Andean ecosystems adapt as glaciers rapidly retreat due to climate change. Researchers found that communal loos for vicuñas more
Solar and wind farms are proliferating and increasingly taking up land worldwide, prompting criticism from rural communities and environmentalists. Solutions range from growing crops or grazing livestock under PV panels more
EPA chief Lee Zeldin has launched an attack on the agency’s $20 billion clean energy loan program. more
When Bloomberg published a report on Apr. 8, 2021, identifying Bangladesh as the 12th largest methane emitter globally, attributing a significant share to rice cultivation, the country’s rice researchers were more
New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its importance to Māori tribes but also paving the way for its future environmental more
Research in Chile could help to provide drinking water for some of the world's most arid places. more
Tapping low-hanging clouds could be a cheap way to boost dwindling water supplies, according to new research. more
As a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Jakarta fast approached in September 2023, Indonesia’s state-run electricity provider, PLN, partially shut down one of its oldest and biggest coal-fired power more
JAKARTA — More than 75% of the nickel refining capacity in Indonesia, home to the biggest reserves of this critical mineral, is controlled by Chinese companies, many with affiliations to more
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08587-xUsing cryo-electron microscopy, the structures of mammalian fatty acid synthase reveal how the acyl carrier protein dynamically shuttles intermediates between selected active sites. more
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00525-1The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers. more
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00556-8A motor-neuron condition has been successfully treated in the womb. Plus, how has one month of Donald Trump’s second presidency affected science? more
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00207-yTracy Wietecha says the experience swallowed up evenings and weekends, but taught her budgeting, networking and conflict-management skills. more
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00540-2The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo. more
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08782-wStructural dynamics of human fatty acid synthase in the condensing cycle more
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08789-3Author Correction: The genetic origin of the Indo-Europeans more
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00528-y‘One-shot’ approach that uses machine learning to screen immune cells could help to detect conditions with overlapping symptoms. more
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00534-0The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease. more
Randy Borman was never meant to be Cofán. And yet, from the moment he was born in 1955, deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, he belonged to them. His parents, American more
Two sinkholes have appeared in the Surrey village of Godstone, but how have they formed and are they dangerous? more
Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower proportion are protected compared to other ecosystems. Just 17% of more
BAMEGOARD, Republic of Congo — In the Republic of Congo’s Sangha region, the expansion of mining activities within conservation areas undermines the objectives of carbon sequestration and biodiversity preservation efforts. more
The planet's glaciers have lost 5% of their ice in little over 20 years, according to a major study. more
The planet's glaciers have lost 5% of their ice in little over 20 years, according to a major study. more
Researchers in Australia have successfully created the first kangaroo embryo using in vitro fertilization, or IVF, according to a new study. The team from the University of Queensland used IVF more
It might sound hyperbolic to say that finding even one female turtle can revive an entire species. However, nothing could be truer for the critically endangered Yangtze softshell turtle, a more
Dark algae are spreading across the Greenland ice sheet as snow retreats. Their dark color causes ice to absorb more heat from the sun, accelerating melting, and according to a more
Seeds from the last toromiro, unique to remote Easter Island, were taken away in the 1960s. Now, after a crucial discovery gave hope for its survival, it is making a more
Christiana Figueres, the former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change, led the climate negotiations that birthed the landmark Paris Agreement. Yet, in November 2024, after more
As Season 3 of the popular series shows the beauty of Koh Samui, the Thai island is already dealing with the challenges of overtourism. more
What is the point of this government?Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what more
A group of 157 animals that appear to be false killer whales have stranded, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, with initial observations showing 136 animals more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08602-1Deterministic generation of a continuous-variable eight-mode entanglement on an integrated optical chip is reported. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08601-2Reconstitution of recombinantly expressed SPO11–TOP6BL complex recapitulates its DNA cleavage function and together with structural modelling and biochemical experiments, provides insights into the regulation more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08557-9DNA double-strand breaks induce local genome maintenance and inhibition of replication initiation at nearby topologically associating domains without affecting global DNA synthesis. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00504-6A catalyst that reduces usage of an expensive rare metal could help to make hydrogen fuel affordable. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00503-7The virus is related to the pathogen that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome and capitalizes on the same ‘entry receptor’ used by SARS-CoV-2. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08357-1Atlantic oceanic droughts do not threaten Asian water tower more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08588-wNutrient-starved tumour cells cooperate by secreting aminopeptidases that digest oligopeptides in the microenvironment, creating a shared pool of free amino acids. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00508-2Developers wanted tools that generate gameplay sequences that adhere to game rules; they say an engine called WHAM delivers. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00298-7The mechanism that causes static electricity to build up is a mystery. Experiments now reveal that materials ‘remember’ past contacts with each other — more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00302-0Tumour cells often have problems processing messenger RNA. The finding that these splicing errors result in commonly expressed peptides that are recognized by immune more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00502-8Nerve-cell ‘highways’ identified in mice suggest that stress pushes the brain towards rigid habit and away from thoughtful choices. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00531-3An artificial-intelligence network trained on a vast trove of sequence data is a step towards designing completely new genomes. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08590-2We find that, in mice, although the individual loss of Parkin or OMA1 does not affect mitochondrial integrity, their combined loss results in small more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08580-wAdaptive decision-making often requires an understanding of our agency in a situation; however, chronic stress can disrupt agency and promote inflexible, habitual behaviour by more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08776-8Publisher Correction: Skin autonomous antibody production regulates host–microbiota interactions more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08551-1The in vitro characterization of a key event in the early stages of meiosis—the induction of double-strand DNA breaks by the SPO11–TOP6BL complex—provides insight more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08564-wThis Perspective considers the application to infectious disease modelling of AI systems that combine machine learning, computational statistics, information retrieval and data science. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08599-7Changing from a five-point scale to a two-point scale for rating workers reduces racial discrimination by making customers focus on whether the work was more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08358-0Reply to: Atlantic oceanic droughts do not threaten Asian water tower more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08488-5D1- and D2-expressing striatal neurons encode separate parts of a learned reward distribution, paralleling modern approaches in machine learning. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00510-8Nature is proud to be associated with a new award for women in technology. The world needs more prizes for exceptional researchers and innovators. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08530-6Nominally identical materials are found to spontaneously order into triboelectric series over repeated processes, which is found to be driven by the act of more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08497-4Reply to: Insufficient evidence for natural selection associated with the Black Death more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08578-4Transcription termination or pausing during DNA replication in bacteria and humans results in DNA damage with exposed 3′ single-stranded DNA ends and mutations. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00535-zWhich universities top the retraction chart? Plus, meet the scientists editing Wikipedia in their spare time. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08492-9A new method ‘hypotaxy’ enables wafer-scale, single-crystal transition metal dichalcogenides growth directly on crystalline, lattice-mismatched and amorphous substrates. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00244-7Researchers can recognize a reliable source of information, making them ideal contributors to the free global online encyclopaedia. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08496-5Insufficient evidence for natural selection associated with the Black Death more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00509-1A Nature analysis of retractions hotspots around the world suggests institutions should pay close attention to retractions data. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08595-xPlasmodium falciparum Snf2L is an ISWI-related ATPase that actively repositions P. falciparum nucleosomes in vivo. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08508-4In a phase 1 trial, patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who were treated with surgery and bespoke neoantigen mRNA vaccines combined with anti-PD-L1 and more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08499-2Reactions of Mg-rich silicates with calcium carbonates/sulfates result in the formation of materials that could potentially be used for low-cost carbon dioxide removal from more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08545-zAn intercomparison exercise reassesses mass loss from glaciers worldwide based on the main in situ and satellite methods from 2000 to 2023; the results more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00527-zThe tech giant aims to make ‘topological’ quantum computers that will reach useful scales faster than competing technologies. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08585-zAs proof of principle, an analysis using a suite of human-aligned immunocompetent mouse models of hepatocellular carcinoma identifies a promising therapeutic candidate, cladribine, which more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08586-yWe show the evolution of a case of EGFR mutant lung cancer treated with a combination of erlotinib, osimertinib, radiotherapy and a personalized neopeptide more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08503-9A heteroepitaxial-strain-based strategy for enhancing the stability of perovskite quantum dots for spectrally narrow (pure) red LEDs is reported. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08598-8A study describes the design of de novo ligand-binding transmembrane proteins, demonstrating their specific binding and activation of fluorogenic ligands. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00303-zCellular organelles called mitochondria contain DNA and can fuse together or split apart. It emerges that excess fusion is averted by stress-activated regulators, preventing more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08691-yAuthor Correction: Seasonal advance of intense tropical cyclones in a warming climate more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08579-3Functional, tumour-promoting GABAergic neuron-to-glioma synapses in diffuse midline gliomas are identified. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00304-yImplementing a performance-rating system with a two-point scale instead of a five-point scale could be an easy way to temper racial prejudices and tangibly more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00305-xThe enzyme SPO11 has a crucial role in meiosis, the process that forms sperm and egg cells. The activity of purified SPO11 has now more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08574-8A biochemical system recapitulates the hallmarks of meiotic double-strand break formation, with mouse SPO11 catalysing break formation in the absence of any partners and more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08445-2A device architecture based on indium arsenide–aluminium heterostructures with a gate-defined superconducting nanowire allows single-shot interferometric measurement of fermion parity and demonstrates an assignment more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00529-xWhen an online platform changed the way customers rated workers, discrimination disappeared — plus, Nature investigates where the most retractions occur. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08541-3The principle of peak selection is described, by which local interactions and smooth gradients drive self-organization of discrete global modules. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08600-3A state-of-the-art generative artificial intelligence model of a video game is introduced to allow the support of human creative ideation, with the analysis of more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00470-zCancer vaccines must induce immune cells, called CD8+ T cells, that can recognize cancer cells over the long term. In pancreatic cancer, a common more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00449-wUS and Argentine departures loom — but strategic reform could strengthen the WHO, say experts. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08552-0A study identifies public neoantigens generated by tumor-wide aberrant mRNA splicing activity across distinct cancer types. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08267-2Sequence clustering confounds AlphaFold2 more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08591-1Functional connectivity between gastric cancer cells and sensory neurons offers a potential therapeutic target. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00455-yA first-of-its-kind analysis by Nature reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots. more
Nature, Published online: 19 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08534-2A new optical technique, modulated ringdown comb interferometry, is introduced for measuring the concentration of gas species in a complex sample and its efficacy more
Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis tree is native to West Africa and treasured by local communities. “In the more
A recent paper in the journal Nature Climate Change concludes there is limited accountability for corporations that fail to achieve their climate change mitigation targets. Lofty sounding initiatives like “carbon more
A photo series on ice stupas — artificial glaciers in the northern Indian Himalayas — recently won first place in the 2024-25 Onewater’s Walk of Water: Water Towers photo story more
In some Amazon rivers in Brazil, cases of diseases related to inadequate basic sanitation, such as malaria and acute diarrhea, have been increasing amid climate change and population growth. more
The critically endangered Siberian Crane gets a bit of a breather, thanks to the securing of its stopover sites along the Russia-China migratory path, according to the International Crane Foundation. more
Trade groups are seizing the moment to call for fewer restrictions on plastics. 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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Community Trail Walk & Volunteer Day (Spring Cleanup)- March 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Birdhouse Building Event/Community Nature Walk April 5, 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Birdwatching & Nature Walk with Don Torino (Bergen County Audubon Society)-April 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Canoe Day, Birdhouses/Birdfeeder Building, Beekeeper, Earth Day/Arbor Day-April 2025
Demarest Duck Pond
Marc Gussen School Field Trips- May 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Native Plant Day at Dekorte Park in Meadowlands- May 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Community Trail Walk & Nature Trails Day (Improve Trails)-June 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
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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Become a Member
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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