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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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Just 60 kilometers (37 miles) outside the city of Rio de Janeiro, dozens of Guiana dolphins swim cautiously past the motorboat, cutting through the water’s more
In 1996, a Canadian researcher stumbled upon a female grizzly bear snacking on a bushel of berries in the U.S. portion of the North Cascades—a mountainous national park in northwest more
CHUBUT RIVER, Argentina — “The waters of this territory converge in the Río Chubut,” began the refrain of a caravan traveling across Argentina’s Patagonia region in the budding first weeks more
In Mato Grosso do Sul state, around 100 Indigenous individuals from the Guyraroká community of the Guarani-Kaiowá people are confined to an area of 50 hectares (123 acres) on the more
Scientists make a self-destructing plastic using plastic-eating bacteria in a sci-fi like development. more
Native forest logging will cease in south-east Queensland this year – but how long will it take forests to recover?Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network more
Scientists stunned by scale of destruction after summer of storm surges, cyclones and floodsBeneath the turquoise waters off Heron Island lies a huge, brain-shaped Porites coral that, in health, would more
This year, Bangladesh has seen its highest number of olive ridley turtle eggs, thanks to extensive conservation actions, including building awareness among local people and the vigilance of local conservation more
Politicians fear perceived costs of green transition are driving poor and rural voters to parties such as AfDRaising his voice above the pounding drums and honking tractors, Lutz Jankus, a more
Last year was the most dangerous to be a reporter since 2015. Without the courage of correspondents risking everything to report from conflict areas, we could be at risk of more
The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany has become the most popular party in several states. Immigration and a sense of being more
In the last decade, Indonesia has made significant headway in halting the loss of its forests. But the election of military man Prabowo Subianto as president is raising concerns that more
Campaigners say last-minute compromise plays into the hands of petrostates and industry influencesCampaigners are blaming developed countries for capitulating at the last minute to pressure from fossil fuel and industry more
More than one-third of land on Earth — that’s about three times the size of Russia, the largest country — has vegetation whose canopy reaches a height greater than 1 more
In 2014, when Jackie Shock-Stewart and her husband Matt Stewart first moved to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, they were only vaguely aware of plans to build a petrochemical facility in this more
Return-to-office mandates could be getting in the way of companies' climate goals. more
League is in unique position to help with climate crisis, setting ambitious goal for a 50% drop in its carbon footprint by 2030From a climate perspective, the world is in more
Panama is holding elections this week for president, vice president and all 71 seats in its national assembly. With questions looming about climate change, water shortages, waste disposal and mining more
Water-based sports across the UK are uniting to call on the government to take urgent action to address pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters. more
Long Dean, Cotswolds: The relentless rainfall we’ve had this year continues to dominate the farm, and we’ve had a significant loss here tooI decided this morning that I couldn’t wait more
Guardian Seascapes reporter Karen McVeigh tells Madeleine Finlay about a recent trip to the Galápagos Islands, where mounds of plastic waste are washing up and causing problems for endemic species. more
After the trauma of losing their spouse and breadwinner to the Sundarbans’ great predator, women are cast out by their superstitious communities. But they are coming together to rebuild their more
KATHMANDU — On an early spring morning in the western forests of Chitwan National Park in Nepal, a cacophony of birdsongs resonates through the air, mingling with the rustling of more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00944-6The Centre for Policy Research has lost its chief executive, most of its staff and is running out of cash. more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01269-0Zoos should focus on animal welfare before claiming to champion conservation more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01270-7Corrosion is a global menace to crucial infrastructure — act to stop the rot now more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01263-6Daisy, a member of a breed used to find fungal delicacies, detected a critically endangered Australian fungus faster than a trained human could. more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01215-0Regulators have identified around 30 cases of cancer linked to this blockbuster treatment. But is CAR T to blame? The hunt is on for more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01152-yThe tissue developed into functioning kidneys and produced urine. more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01214-1With an election under way, the future of Indian science is on the ballot. Encouraging research and critical thinking should be a priority for more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01268-1Why it was right to reject the Anthropocene as a geological epoch more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01271-6Climate-targets group should rescind its endorsement of carbon offsets more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01056-xThe Chang’e-6 mission aims to land in the Moon’s oldest and largest crater, collect rocks, and bring them back to Earth. more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01209-yAn innovative proposal to stop exam over-preparation, plus William Bateson’s 1924 take on the previous century of biology, in the weekly dip into Nature’s more
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01272-5Nature spoke to the sci-fi program’s adviser and two other researchers about the portrayal of PhD scientists and their technologies. more
China has taken big stakes in mines across the world extracting minerals vital to the green economy. more
Year in, year out, there's a good chance someone in politics has suggested nuclear power as an answer to Australia's energy problems. Guardian Australia's Matilda Boseley explains why. Modern-day nuclear energy more
In a first, researchers were able to compare records of people who drank polluted water in Veneto, Italy, with neighbors who did notFor the first time, researchers have formally shown more
Environmental activists in Bolivia say they’ve become the targets of discrimination, death threats and even bombings after speaking out against harmful mining operations in the department of Oruro. The activists, more
A new plan may stop tourists who visit the enormous salt pan 700km north of Adelaide from driving or walking on sacred ground – or into troubleGet our morning and more
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s government has bypassed the country’s parliament to issue a controversial ordinance facilitating foreign investment in different sectors of the country, including protected areas, in a move that more
KATHMANDU — Whenever 60-year old Saraswati Adhikari goes for a morning walk in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, she says she feels a certain unease in her chest. “I get a burning more
Some crops completely wiped out and dramatic falls in yields being predicted in county which reflects crisis in rest of UKWith his farm almost entirely surrounded by the banks of more
The UN global plastic treaty could be as important as the 2015 Paris accords, if negotiators can stand up to industry lobbyistsLast week, in an enormous convention centre in downtown more
Barely a year after the Australian government classified the eastern pink cockatoo as an endangered subspecies, scientists have deployed technology to help study and protect the birds. With the help more
A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs. So do 1 billion people. more
A 26-member board is finally beginning work on the UN’s new loss and damage fund. more
Excessive levels of PFAS have been detected at 80 percent of active and decommissioned military bases. more
In late 2022, the Land Court of Queensland recommended the rejection of a mining lease for one of Australia’s biggest proposed coal mining and export projects, owned by billionaire Clive more
Seven grassroots environmental activists were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 29. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six continental regions. This year’s winners more
Marcel Gomes, the executive secretary at investigative journalism outlet Repórter Brasil, is one of this year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize winners. more
All the trees are dying. Yet we go about our livesSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First more
Sunda clouded leopards spend most of their lives in the leafy shade of the forest canopy. Equipped with exquisite camouflage, superb climbing skills and outsize canines, they’re formidable arboreal predators. more
The construction sector accounts for 62% of waste: that could be drastically cut if we chose refurbishment over demolitionMy first phone was a Nokia 3210, a cute grey brick with more
The vast landscape east of Los Angeles known as the Inland Empire is among the fastest-growing regions in California, driven by a booming warehouse and logistics industry that keeps residents more
Analysts say impact on wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape harvests means price rises on beer, bread and biscuits and more food importedUK harvests of important crops could be down more
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01217-yChan Zuckerberg CELL by GENE Discover aims to be a one-stop shop for single-cell RNA sequencing data storage, access and analysis. more
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07402-3Author Correction: Targeting DCAF5 suppresses SMARCB1-mutant cancer by stabilizing SWI/SNF more
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01218-xMatthew Nitschke grows coral symbionts in a slowly warming tank to prepare reef life for climate change. more
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01168-4Some scientists argue that it’s time to rethink the blanket policy of letting blazes burn themselves out in northern wildernesses. more
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01192-4From extreme cold to strong magnets and high pressures, the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF) provides conditions for researching these potential wonder materials. more
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00464-3The elephant-nose fish senses its environment by emitting electrical pulses. A multi-pronged investigation suggests that this remarkable sensing ability is amplified in social groups more
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01243-wSome of the AI-designed gene editors could be more versatile than those found in nature. more
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01247-6Browser plug-in alerts users when studies — or their references — have been posted on a site known for raising integrity concerns. more
Earlier in April, more than 60 million people were presented with a mission: Track down and vanquish a golden, fire-breathing dragon terrorizing a vulnerable village. That is, a digital village more
The past 10 years revealed how government failures at every level could effectively kill a city, turning it into a "ghost town." more
These days the Pecos River barely fills its dry, sandy bed where it crosses West Texas, but the river could be poised to flow again — with treated oilfield wastewater. more
CLEVELAND—When Tish O’Dell began community organizing in her hometown of Broadview Heights, Ohio, in 2010 to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, she was certain that changing the law was the more
Construction of the pilot project on U.S. Highway 52 began this month. State officials hope it can help quell range anxiety and electrify long-haul trucks. more
SALOME, Ariz.—While a power line in a remote corner of the desert Southwest might seem like an unusual attraction for national leaders, the completion of a new high-voltage transmission line more
There was ostensibly nothing illegal about the plume of sulfates approaching Clermont County, Ohio’s drinking water wells in 2019. When consumed, sulfates can cause diarrhea and dehydration. Worse, experts view more
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Maggie Thomas, the special assistant to the president for climate in more
Nature, Published online: 27 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01256-5Genomic analysis suggests that the outbreak probably began in December or January, but a shortage of data is hampering efforts to pin down the more
A wildfire-fuelled ozone hole leaves Antarctic wildlife exposed to potentially damaging levels of UV. more
Medical experts often call heat a “silent killer” because many people don’t notice the signs of heat stress until it is too late. But as climate change accelerates, the impacts more
Two-year-old calf one step closer to reuniting with family group after tragic accident that left her stranded in remote lagoonAn orca calf, trapped for weeks in a remote lagoon in more
CALABRIA, Italy — “On our coasts there is … a massive presence, that everyone can see, of poachers and illegal fishermen,” a fisher in Calabria, in southwestern Italy, told Mongabay. more
Orchids (members of the family Orchidaceae) are diverse flowering plants with colorful and fragrant blooms and are often described as neglected plants in Nepal, where an estimated 500 or so more
Companies implicated in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing can have a serious impact on the economies, job opportunities and overall welfare of the developing countries in whose waters they more
The Airbus Foundation and the Connected Conservation Foundation have announced the winners of the second edition of their Satellites for Biodiversity Award. The four winners of the award are international more
This story is part of a Mongabay series on female environmental defenders in the Amazon. Read about the lives and work of Soraida Chindoy, Maydany Salcedo, and Alis Ramírez. It more
Thanks to a federal judge, residents of Jackson will have a say in how the city resolves its yearslong water crisis. more
From harassment to kidnapping and arrest, Indigenous advocates who face reprisals for their work say the U.N. must protect them. more
A Tokyo company's satellite encounters a big lump of space debris high above the Earth. more
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions. more
Climate change made the disastrous 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest larger and longer-lasting than it would have been otherwise, a new study finds.Read more on E360 → more
Open letter calls for green policies that empower farmers, after months of protests jeopardise future of flagship biodiversity dealThe EU’s nature restoration law will only work if it is enacted more
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading more
Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01229-8Researchers from several disciplines hope to predict — and prevent — scenarios that pose risks to humanity. more
Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01251-wNew research is revealing the mechanisms linking loneliness and conditions like dementia, depression and cardiovascular disease. more
Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01266-3The new Geologic Atlas took more than 100 researchers over a decade to compile. Plus, how gliding marsupials got their ‘wings’ and H5N1 bird more
Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01201-6People with Laron syndrome have a low risk of heart disease and a number of other age-related disorders, hinting at strategies for new treatments. more
Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01257-4Moving to non-profit work requires researchers to shift their mindset to focus on applied science for policymaking and conservation practice. more
A first-of-its-kind study shows conservation is worth investing in, researchers say. more
Twenty-three states want the Biden administration's EPA to curtail its approach to environmental justice. more
The European eel, whose life cycle remains shrouded in mystery, is a staple of the continent’s cultures and cuisines. But after decades of decline in its populations, scientists are calling more
Authorities are rushing to save more than 150 whales from a mass stranding at a beach in Western Australia’s south-west. Four pods have spread across roughly 500 metres at Toby more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01184-4Social robots that promise companionship and stimulation for older people and those with dementia are attracting investment, but some question their benefits. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01216-zBy suppressing questions they considered too ‘philosophical’, post-war physicists created an unquestioning orthodoxy that influences science to this day. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01235-wThere are questions about whether the tool, which could be used by editors to find and shortlist peer reviewers, would disadvantage inexperienced candidates or more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01246-7By joining a collecting society, researchers can ensure they are paid when copyrighted book content and papers are reproduced. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01231-0Ranga Dias sued his university, in part, for allegedly conducting a biased investigation, which found he had committed extensive scientific misconduct. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01148-8Carbon emissions from flights that departed from low- and middle-income countries in 2019 totalled 417 million tonnes. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01223-0The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01052-1As the military alliance created to counter the Soviet Union expands, it is prioritizing studies on how climate change affects security, cyberattacks and election more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01128-yStunning images show an ecosystem’s upheaval as it warms at an alarming pace. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01222-1Scientists develop hybrid mice by filling in missing cells and structures in their brains with rat stem cells. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01221-2Pasteurized milk is probably not a threat to people, but fresh milk droplets on milking equipment could be spreading the virus in a herd. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01242-xSalary increases for the 17,000-plus recipients of an NIH research award could lead to increases in other academic settings. more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01253-8A patient–analyst relationship to psychoanalyst Carl Jung that evolved into a friendship deeply influenced physicist Wolfgang Pauli’s work. Plus, organoids shed light on cancer more
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01145-xThe common fungus Aspergillus niger removes both heavy metals and organic pollutants from its surroundings. more
A new study, drawing on five years of data collected across 84 countries, proves what seems self-evident. more
Wind and solar are continuing to push fossil fuels off the U.K. power grid. So far this year wind is the nation's leading source of electricity, and for brief periods, more
“Everybody is looking for the magic tree.” more
Elections for the state's Public Service Commission have been on hold for years. more
"When we listen to the land, the land will listen to us. It's a language. Climate change is creating a language barrier." more
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the riseThe plants slowly more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07285-4We report observations of GRB 231115A, positionally coincident with the starburst galaxy M82, that unambiguously qualify this burst as a giant flare from a more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07318-yVVD-133214, a clinical-stage, covalent allosteric inhibitor of the helicase WRN, was well tolerated in mice and led to robust tumour regression in multiple microsatellite-instability-high more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01178-2Amid the data deluge provided by lab-based techniques, such as environmental-DNA analysis, true connection still comes only in the outdoors. more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07310-6Antisense oligonucleotides effectively decrease the inclusion of exon 8A of CACNA1C in human cells both in vitro and in rodents transplanted with human brain organoids, more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07271-wWe show that domain walls in minimally twisted bilayer graphene support exceptionally robust proximity superconductivity in the quantum Hall regime. more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07254-xTumour-derived prostaglandin E2, signaling through its receptors EP2 and EP4, is shown to restrain the responses of tumour-infiltrating stem-like TCF1+CD8+ T lymphocytes, and modulation of more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07343-xA fibre lithium-ion battery that can potentially be woven into textiles shows enhanced battery performance and safety compared with liquid electrolytes. more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07313-3A stable tokamak plasma has been demonstrated with a high plasma density and a high energy confinement quality, both of which are simultaneously important more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07328-wA transient perturbation of transcriptional silencing mediated by Polycomb proteins is sufficient to induce an epigenetic cancer cell fate in Drosophila in the absence more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07156-yWe develop an optical method that can set and read the state of electrons in the valley polarization of bulk transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors, more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07332-0A new method for tracking single-cell heteroplasmy, called SCI-LITE, is combined with mitochondrial DNA base editing to reveal principles of heteroplasmy dynamics in dividing more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07347-7Single-stranded DNA annealing is driven by RAD52 open rings in association with RPA. more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07225-2Sea-based optical clocks combining a molecular iodine spectrometer, fibre frequency comb and electronics for monitoring and control demonstrate high precision in a smaller volume more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07312-4Analysis of ancient DNA from 424 individuals in the Avar period, from the sixth to the ninth century AD, reveals population movement from the more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07350-yHRO761 is a potent, selective, allosteric WRN inhibitor that binds at the interface of the D1 and D2 helicase domains, locking WRN in an more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07372-6A subset of Macro-positive macrophages is identified to have immunosuppressive functions in the periportal vein zones of the liver to mediate excessive inflammation, and more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01230-1Researchers find the genetic mutations that allow some marsupials to soar, and an ultra-accurate clock is put through its paces on the high seas. more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07342-yRhodium catalysts confined in zeolite pores exhibit high regioselectivity in the hydroformylation process of propene to high-value n-butanal, surpassing the performance of all heterogeneous more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07330-2Topobiologically complex mini-colons—which enable the faithful in vitro recapitulation of colorectal cancer tumorigenesis and its environmental determinants—offer the possibility to reduce animal use in more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07324-0Phylogenomic analysis of 7,923 angiosperm species using a standardized set of 353 nuclear genes produced an angiosperm tree of life dated with 200 fossil more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07210-9Using complementary multiplicity-edited 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra, oxidative dearomatization is shown to be a key driver for generating structural diversity during processing of more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07305-3Patagia—the mammalian gliding membrane—repeatedly originated through a process of convergent genomic evolution, whereby the regulation of Emx2 was altered by distinct cis-regulatory elements in more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07352-wProstaglandin E2 from the tumour microenvironment impairs interleukin-2 sensing by tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes, restricting proliferative response and promoting T cell death via metabolic impairment and more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07306-2The iconic 6502 microprocessor designed in two key thin-film transistor technologies by independent foundries is used to demonstrate and expand the multi-project wafer approach more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07273-8A study introduces a novel method to grow single-crystal Cu2O thin films with selected crystal orientations, highlighting enhanced bulk carrier mobility and carrier diffusion more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01111-7Expansive entertainment. more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07439-4Structures of human γδ T cell receptor–CD3 complex more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01183-5Family tree of ‘octocorals’ pushes origin of bioluminescence back to 540 million years ago, when the first animal species developed eyes. more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01228-9The Maldives are racing to reclaim vast amounts of land to combat rising sea levels. But many are concerned that these efforts risk harming more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01146-wScientists initially thought that the outsized teeth were fangs, giving rise to the ‘sabre-toothed salmon’ nickname. more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07339-7Diamond crystals and polycrystalline diamond films can be grown using liquid metal at standard pressure and high temperature instead of conventional high pressure and more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07221-6BARseq interrogates the expression of 104 cell-type marker genes in 10.3 million cells over nine mouse forebrain hemispheres to reveal the role of peripheral more
Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07325-zBy emulating a 2D hard-core Bose–Hubbard lattice using a controllable 4 × 4 array of superconducting qubits, volume-law entanglement scaling as well as area-law scaling at more
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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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