Guestbook
Our guestbook is currently offline, but we'll be replacing it shortly. Keep checking back, or just e-mail us sightings of birds and animals in our sanctuary!
Past comments:
Thank you for your good work in preserving open spaces and caring about indigenous wildlife. I have worked all my life in behalf of providing children with just such educational opportunities and to protect wildlife. I appreciate your efforts. I look forward to visiting your center and invite you to visit Kern County's CALM Center just outside of Bakersfield, California when you come this way.
Wishing you continued success, Marilyn Adams George
Marilyn Adams George (madamsgeorge@aol.com)
Bakersfield, CA USA - Saturday, February 19, 2005 at 15:08:51 (PST)
The Web sight looks great and is very informative. I took my 6 year old son through the nature center and he loved it. Keep up the good work!
Vinny
Vincent Favaro (vfavaro@paravane.com)
Demaresr, NJ USA - Monday, May 24, 2004 at 12:43:15 (PDT)
Guys it looks really good. That is a very nice site. Keep up the good work.
Asaba Owerri (homeboy_owerri_asaba@aba.us)
aba, mgbidi Naija Lagos - Friday, April 23, 2004 at 00:51:25 (PDT)
Please provide procedures regarding dedicating a commemorative park bench to someone.
Stella Malachowski (Stella_Malachowski@hotmail.com)
Demarest, New Jersey USA - Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 15:20:23 (PST)
MUGU VS GUY MAN
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I live at a short distance from the Nature Center and enjoy it several times daily taking my sharpei for his walks. It is a marvelous place to stroll, relax and daydream any time, any season. Thanks to the team who keeps it clean and healthy for all of us. I particularly am grateful for the widening of the main trail and the controling of the poison ivy. As far as animals are concerned, I very often see housefinches, goldfinches, orioles, bluejays, cardinals, chickadees and woodpeckers,
MUGU MUGU MGBADA (MUMU@HOTMAIL.COM)
ONISHA, ANAMBRA USA - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 02:09:34 (PDT)
Very pleased to see that the area I played in as a kid has been preserved and has not become just another subdivision. A former resident "stuck" on the Nebraska prarie.
Woody Sutton (wfsutton2@cox.net)
Omaha, Nebraska USA - Friday, January 31, 2003 at 20:25:12 (PST)
Thanks for creating this special piece of New Jersey real estate for future generations. I came across your great website almost by accident. Who would of thought I could grab a great picture of the Demarest Nature Center off the web for my desktop. I live in California now producing television shows but return to Demarest as much as I can to visit old friends. Please keep up the good work.
A new member for sure comin'at ya.......
Craig Walsh
craig walsh (cmwrocks@aol.com)
Hollywood, Ca USA - Saturday, March 17, 2001 at 22:07:20 (PST)
Great website. Helps me keep up to date on the "doings" in Demarest. It also makes me proud to be a citizen of Demarest where the residents value nature and work to preserve the environment.
Judy E. Glecer, Esq. (JudyGlecer@AOL.co,)
Demarest, NJ USA - Tuesday, March 13, 2001 at 16:21:04 (PST)
John,you and your boys have made a good thing even better!
i can't wait for the next version!
Ed pittaluga
Ed pittaluga (enlpitt@idt.net)
demarest, n.j. usa - Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 13:52:42 (PST)
What a wonderful job you have done creating this site for the Demarest Nature Center! It almost made me homesick for Demarest in the summer!! I loved the photos you have included and the map. Keep up the good work!
Mary Bryant (MaryWesBry@aol.com)
Naples, FL USA - Thursday, January 27, 2000 at 16:29:49 (PST)
Dear John, David, and Benjamin - Let me take this opportunity to thank you for a job well done! What a fantastic job you've done for Nature lovers in Demarest and in the surrounding towns. I love those color photos. Don't forget that the Oktoberfest in October of 2000 is on Saturday, October 14th (raindate of the 21st) at our beautiful Duck Pond. You will have to include a "blurb" about this event when you update this site. Again, thanks so much for your efforts and time put in on this venture. Sincerely, Jean Wilson
Jean Wilson (jlwilson@cybernex.net)
Demarest, NJ USA - Sunday, January 16, 2000 at 12:53:44 (PST)
Enjoyed visit to the website: I am delighted in the interest that is taken in Demarest to perserve nature.For it is truly one of the most beautiful places I have visited in the U.S. Of course my personal interest is that I trace my ancestory to Demarest and felt an instant bond to the area when walking around the duck pond and passing over the bridge....the photographs are beautiful and I thank you for this portion, it keeps me in touch....I look forward to a visit in the near future, keep up the web...I will stay in touch...Sincerely, Arnette Demarest
Arnette E. Demarest (stp7@tcsn.net)
Paso Robles, Calif U.S.A. - Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at 21:52:55 (PST)
Site looks nice also looks like a quite a few people have visited. Marc Ippolito DNCA co-president 1998-1999
Marc Ippolito (maipp@mailcity.com)
Demarest, NJ USA - Thursday, November 04, 1999 at 05:27:46 (PST)
The site looks great! Thanks for a great job.Just a word about the 8 point buck which found its home in the Demarest Nature Center (and my yard). It was struck by a car as it left the security of the Nature Center and had to be destroyed. Another buck, not quite as majestic, along with several does have been sited and no doubt are enjoying the area.
MAC (macnovn@cybernex,net)
Demarest, NJ USA - Wednesday, October 20, 1999 at 20:03:24 (PDT)
What a wonderful site...a fitting tribute to a beautiful place to find peace and tranquility.Keep up the good work!
Eileen J. Corrado (Neelique@aol.com)
Demarest, NJ USA - Wednesday, October 13, 1999 at 09:27:29 (PDT)
its working like it should now.all the best.
ed pittaluga
- Tuesday, October 05, 1999 at 12:51:11 (PDT)
The last time I signed the guestbook I noted having seen a racoon in the dumpster by the swim club. I left a branch in the dumpster to enable the animal to climb out. The following day, Sunday, Oct. 3, I returned and the racoon was gone so I closed the dumpster. I hope he or she found a better place to be than the dumpster! Good luck at the Oktoberfest!
John C. Goodwin (jgoodphoto@prodigy.net)
Demarest, NJ - Tuesday, October 05, 1999 at 12:06:31 (PDT)
It looks great!
Genny Vaughn (gvaughn@fsi2000.com)
- Monday, October 04, 1999 at 08:37:18 (PDT)
Looks great!!! Nice photos!!! I want to visit the Nature Center again when I go back to the East Coast... Cheers from June here in Chico!
June Rothe-Barneson (rothe_barneson@yahoo.com)
Chico, CA USA - Saturday, October 02, 1999 at 18:32:26 (PDT)
This is a test but also a note about several animal sightings. I would hope that the nature center could build up a list of sighted flora & fauna, based on observations made by those who walk in the center. A few days ago I saw a fairly large turtle walking on the access road just South of the Swim Club parking lot. Today a neighbor called to tell me that she had seen a racoon in the dumpster in front of the swim club. I went down to check it out. The animal, seemed to be an adolescent, was there. I put a fairly long branch in the dumpster so that the animal could climb out on the branch, just in case the sides were too slippery or too steep for it. I'll check on it again tomorrow and, if it is gone, close the dumpster lid. Thats all for now. Site looks good, I hope it gets lots of "hits".
John C. Goodwin (jgoodphoto@prodigy.net)
Demarest, New Jersey - Saturday, October 02, 1999 at 17:43:18 (PDT)
Excellent job John & the experts who made it a reality! Thiscould be a good source for future trustees!
ed pittaluga (lpittaluga.com)
demarest, nj usa - Saturday, October 02, 1999 at 12:04:05 (PDT)
good job john and the experts who made it a reality!it should stir more interest in the nc. we might even find future trustees thru it.
ed pittaluga (lpittaluga@aol.com)
demarest, nj usa - Saturday, October 02, 1999 at 11:53:53 (PDT)
Finally! A website for our Nature Center! Never again will I miss Groundhog's Day! My faith in humanity is, for the moment, restored. Unfortunately, that tenuous faith will soon be horribly tested as the Elder Gods of legend reveal themselves upon the dawning of the new millenium bringing fire, destruction, and other bad habits. I will surely perish for my misdeeds in the coming conflageration, but it brings me comfort to know that those responsible for this virtual "Great Wall of China" will live forever in heaven or maybe Valhalla drinking mead or maybe flossing or whatever chosen people do. Whatever they do I'm sure it's loads of fun, something I wouldn't know anything about. I haven't been allowed to have fun since August 14, 1981. Coincidentaly that was the day disco died. Did I perhaps die with it? I'm no philosipher, but it seems to me that the whole world died a little that day. Which really goes to show Nostrodamus was right about the mirriored ball as a sign of the Apocolypse. When are we as a socitey going to learn to except the words of the troubled crackpots among us. I for expample have tried to spread my word among the quiet woodland creatures of the nature center, only to ignored as they chew grass or give me rabies. But I digress. . . The site is super-keen-neat-o!
rajeev dhar (rajeevdhar@hotmail.com)
demarest, nj usa - Friday, October 01, 1999 at 13:06:58 (PDT)
It is heartwarming to see people still care about grass and trees and birds and snakes when most of the world day trades, Ebays, Beamers and stuff like that.
Dennis Hirschfelder
Teaneck, NJ USA - Thursday, September 30, 1999 at 19:14:17 (PDT)
Good job, best of luck...
Amir Carmel (clock@post.com)
Fort Lee, NJ USA - Thursday, September 30, 1999 at 13:35:28 (PDT)
Looks great from here!
David (dsg12@columbia.edu)
Demarest, NJ - Thursday, September 30, 1999 at 11:07:48 (PDT)
This site is fantastic ! Good work guys!
John C. Goodwin (jgoodphoto@prodigy.net)
Demarest, NJ, 07627-2424 USA - Thursday, September 30, 1999 at 10:56:25 (PDT)
Important:
see upcoming
DNCA Events...
Sat., Oct. 9:
Craft Show at Oktoberfest
Duck Pond, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The happiest day of the year in Demarest! Excellent handmade crafts for sale, German and Korean food, canoes, inflatable rides, etc. Rain date, Oct. 16.
Sat., Sept. 25:
Trial of the Trails!
5k and Fun Run, Rain or Shine
Two races on the trails of the beautiful Demarest Nature Center. The Trail Fun Run (1-mile) is open to ages 6 and up, including adults. The 5K Trail Run (3.1-mile), which includes all but one trail on the DNC's 55 acres, is for ages 9 and up, including adults. Wakelee Field Playground, registration is at 8:00 am, rain or shine. Registration forms will be sent home the second week of September from the schools, or can be downloaded here: Trail Run Registration (PDF).
Fun-Run Map (PDF)
5K-Run Map (PDF)
See the winning
Photos!
The winning photos from the 2010 DNCA Photo Contest are online: click here for photo gallery.
2010 Scholarship
DNCA Environmental Studies Scholarship
The Demarest Nature Center Association is offering a $1,000 scholarship to assist a graduating senior pursuing study of, or related to, the environment. The requirements are on the Education page; you can also download the scholarship details here.
Household Hazardous Waste Collecting for Bergen County
Visit www.bcua.org for hazardous waste collection dates and locations, and safely get rid of paints, solvents, and old batteries.