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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A former EPA official warns exemption for some coal-fired power plants could be the first step toward gutting pollution rules for all plants. more
On June 1, New Jersey residents will face something they’ve dreaded for months: A nearly 20 percent rate increase in their electricity bills. A leading state in climate policy, New more
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Erin Lothes, an environmental theologian. The new pope could guide the more
Furniture designers and artists save a London plane from the mulch pile – repurposing its ‘shimmery’ timber into stools, tea tables, lighting and vasesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailLong more
A recent study found surprisingly low levels of harmful microplastics in the sediments of Texas bays that are notorious for plastic pollution. This led researchers from the University of Texas more
Parks, trees and green spaces are critical to kids’ health and wellbeing, but in many cities, residents have unequal accessOn a recent Saturday morning at Washington Elementary Stem magnet school more
BANGKOK — Cambodian journalist Ouk Mao, whose reporting on illegal logging has seen him attacked both physically and legally, was arrested May 16. Ek Cheat, Mao’s wife, spotted an unmarked more
The United States of Kailasa maintains that it is a real nation. With this title, over the last three years, they have traveled to different countries in South America to more
After early signs of drought from Georgia through Virginia this spring, a slow-moving storm brought flooding rain to the Southeast this week. Between 5 and 10 inches of rain fell more
MANANG, Nepal — In Bhakra village of western Nepal’s Manang district, 72-year-old Buddhist nun Tashi Lama sits in silence, chanting as she turns her prayer wheel. Ever since she took more
A new study finds that scientists have likely underestimated heat stress on coral reefs in the South Atlantic Ocean, further raising concerns for coral bleaching amid climate change. The study more
Most countries that pledged to reduce the number of birds being illegally killed along an important migratory route in Europe and the Mediterranean region are failing to do so, a more
Deep in the rainforest, the monkeys are yodeling. Their wild calls echo across the foliage, sending signals of sex and survival. For decades, scientists have studied why they make these more
When it comes to wildlife and plant conservation, “pretty privilege” is pervasive. Data shows that people put the bulk of their donation dollars toward supporting the animal kingdom’s most charismatic more
The Republic of Congo has one of the lowest deforestation rates in the world, but “uncontrolled gold mining” in recent years could harm the country’s biodiversity, especially in the Sangha more
NASA scientists believe it may be possible to predict when a volcano will erupt by using satellites to track changes in the color of surrounding trees.Read more on E360 → more
Researchers call for investment in ‘circular solutions’ as consumption rises faster than growth in populationGlobal recycling rates are failing to keep pace with a culture focused on infinite economic growth more
Flamingos, often pictured standing still with their heads submerged in water, make for a pretty picture. But peep underwater, and you’ll find the tall, elegant pink birds bobbing their heads, more
Wildlife conservation activists have welcomed an update to China’s list of officially sanctioned medicines, which drops 13 traditional formulas containing pangolin parts. The move offers the world’s most trafficked mammal more
Where are the salamanders hanging out? Answering that question has been Jake Kushner’s mission — especially in the face of a proposed project by an energy company that will lay more
The global insurance giant Chubb is no longer providing property insurance for a contested liquefied natural gas export project in southwest Louisiana, according to documents obtained by the Rainforest Action more
Every third Friday of May is Endangered Species Day. More than 900 known species are already extinct to date, while at least 28,500 others are listed as endangered or critically more
April 20 marked 15 years since BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, releasing 134 million gallons of oil off the coast of Louisiana in the country’s largest oil spill. Oil gushed more
For anyone who can afford to go solar, "now would be the time" because House Republicans want to end federal tax credits that make it affordable. more
Belgium and UK could experience driest spring in more than 100 years as high pressure dominatesNorth-west Europe has been experiencing an unusually dry spring. Belgium, in particular, has had four more
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading more
Team in Belgium find improvement in air quality after launch of traffic measures in Brussels, Antwerp and GhentLow emission zones are successful at reducing air pollution and its effects on more
About £5bn more spent than if rules for low-carbon new-builds had not been scrapped in 2016, ECIU thinktank findsPeople living in newly built homes are being hit with energy bills more
For 1,500 years, Mexico’s Mixtec people have extracted ink from the rare purpura snail to dye yarn. But they fear the species – and their rich tradition – may soon more
A warming climate exposes more and more workers to increasingly hotter conditions every year, yet soon after taking office, Donald Trump indefinitely froze a heat illness prevention rule proposed under more
Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01517-xLucrative prizes are offered for an AI-powered breakthrough in communications between humans and other species. more
Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01540-yIn response to US turmoil, premier establishments such as the European Research Council have sweetened incentives to attract talent. more
Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01591-1A single trapped ytterbium ion can be used to simulate complex changes in the energy levels of organic molecules interacting with light. more
Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01425-0A device involving solar panels and a gel produces substantial amounts of water in one of the world’s driest deserts. more
Nature, Published online: 16 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01538-6The US administration has cancelled ‘DEI grants’ without defining DEI, leaving health-equity researchers in the dark. more
Report says proposals ‘threaten to affect most vulnerable’, who would be helped by more time to seek adviceA group of influential MPs has urged the government to delay controversial planned more
SOUTH SIBERUT, Indonesia — As night falls over the Siberut jungle, a fire crackles inside the Tateburuk clan’s wooden home, or uma. The walls are covered in traditional Mentawai carvings more
Fish farms boomed globally in recent decades — more than half the world’s seafood now comes from aquaculture — but it’s not a boom all environmentalists support. One argument that critics more
A “remarkably well-preserved” fossil discovered in Brazil, dating back 113 million years, is now the oldest ant to have ever been found by scientists, a new study has revealed. The more
The agency quietly removed web pages on rural energy, climate-smart agriculture, and federal loans — until farmers sued. more
Come hear the hargila’s speech With a cry of the heart’s eyes Hear o hear me out Please do not chop down our trees Do not erase our forests How more
Ministers must resist pressure to relax environmental standards in the rush for new housingAlmost two decades after the last Labour government announced a zero carbon homes standard, and with the more
As avian numbers plunge, activists demand action to save birds from crashing into high-rise blocksThe wren’s legs were tucked delicately underneath its diminutive body, slumped on its side as if more
40 years since we discovered a hole in the Ozone layer, we ask what threatens it today more
Multinational palm oil-buying companies could be doing more to address financial inequities in their global supply chains that perpetuate challenges for smallholder farmers, according to a new report from sustainable more
A symbol of Brazil’s Ceará state and present on its official coat of arms since 1897, sail rafts known as jangadas are 80% of the fishing vessels in the state, more
Researchers in Japan and US have unlocked the 60-year mystery of what gives cats their orange colour. more
In Brazil’s Yanomami Indigenous Territory and across other parts of the Amazon Basin, illegal gold mining has metastasized into a transnational criminal enterprise. What starts with illegal deforestation and mercury poisoning ends more
Pfas are a group of thousands of chemicals that are used for their non-stick and water-resistant properties. They are often refered to as 'forever chemicals' because they can take thousands more
The Trump administration has canceled outright or is trying to cancel billions of dollars in federal grants for research about energy and the environment. Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor more
The carbon credit certifier Verra has placed the Northern Kenya Rangelands Carbon Project under review for a second time, it confirmed to Mongabay in an emailed statement. Until the review more
The Brazilian government blocked 545 rural properties in the Amazonian state of Pará from selling crops and livestock both domestically and internationally, citing illegal deforestation, according to a May 6 more
Winning images from the 2025 Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photography award, selected from 10,000 images submitted globally. The contest aims to reward photographers who put their creativity more
Nearly a third of all antibiotics that people consume end up in the world’s rivers, a new study finds. This could potentially harm aquatic life and impact human health by more
For years, Nevada’s congressional delegation and leading Las Vegas officials have been pushing Congress to pass the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, which would allow tens of thousands more
Malagasy scientist Lily-Arison René de Roland has been announced as the winner of this year’s Indianapolis Prize, which recognizes “extraordinary contributions to conservation efforts.” In its announcement, Indianapolis Zoo, which more
Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help. more
Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency. more
The mass invasion of a new insect, the whitefly, in Bangladesh’s agricultural farms — especially in coconut, banana and guava farms — has put farmers at risk due to its more
Even it now admits that brick by brick, these proposals will wreck habitats. This could be Starmer’s most damaging mistake yetThe precedent is uncanny, and the failure to learn from more
Authorities managing one of the last protected areas on Earth that still hosts Sumatran tigers must do more to deter poaching and promote alternative livelihoods for local communities, a new more
The Kinabatangan River is the last major area in Malaysian Borneo’s Sabah state with a semblance of forest corridor linking the interior rainforest with mangroves on the east coast, according more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01427-yThe consumption and investments of the wealthiest 10% contribute disproportionately to the emissions that drive heat waves and drought. more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01498-xThe sacs grew to roughly 2 centimetres wide and could be used to study early pregnancy. more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01590-2The highs and lows of looking for ‘the one’ during a PhD. Plus, mice with a human gene grow bigger-than-usual brains and reptiles might more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01514-0Why is recruitment often speedier in industry? Julie Gould investigates what the two sectors can learn from each other in the race to source more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01518-w‘Directed’ evolution in the laboratory creates an editing tool that outperforms classic CRISPR systems. more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01496-zTreatment seems to have been effective, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied. more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01500-6When LLMs are grouped together, they exhibit similar characteristics to human societies. more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09104-wKu limits RNA-induced innate immunity to allow Alu-expansion in primates more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01426-zImmune-system responses to cell therapies produce long-term effects on cognition in mice. more
Nature, Published online: 15 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01486-1Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education. more
The disease has spread great distances, with scientists racing to understand the risks. more
A new Human Rights Watch report alleges abuse and human rights violations in an Indigenous community in Malaysia’s Sarawak state. The report finds Malaysian timber company Zedtee Sdn Bhd (Zedtee) more
BARRA DO MAMANGUAPE — Brazil. It’s hard to imagine today, but manatees were once hunted and eaten. These gentle sea mammals were considered a delicacy in Brazil, with their meat more
In February 2025, rangers at Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in partnership with the Okapi Conservation Project, successfully brought an okapi to Epulu, site of the more
Lake Malawi’s fish stocks are declining, but one community stands apart: around Mbenje Island, a traditional fisheries management plan has ensured thriving fish populations for generations, Mongabay contributor Charles Mpaka more
China’s plans to build a massive hydro project in Tibet have sparked fears about the environmental impacts on the world’s longest and deepest canyon. It has also alarmed neighboring India, more
Open any ecology textbook and you’ll find the Canada lynx, the snowshoe hare, and their wildly oscillating population cycles offered as a classic example of the intimate relationship between predator more
The warning comes after some parts of the UK had the driest Spring in nearly a century. more
The warning comes after some parts of the UK had the driest Spring in nearly a century. more
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s first road map for its energy transition, focusing on phasing out coal, is riddled with loopholes that will make it difficult for the country to retire its more
Cities, insurers, and the public used the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database to plan for the future. Now what will they do? more
Scientists have known for some time now that tropical birds are falling in number. In general, the cause has been attributed to forest degradation and fragmentation. But a 2020 study more
Crop insurance is a lifeline for farmers. But research shows it's not ready for climate change. more
Pope Francis made a strong moral case for addressing climate change and respecting Indigenous rights. Will Leo do the same? more
Chimpanzees in Uganda were found treating the injuries of other, unrelated chimps, including those caught in hunting snares. Read more on E360 → more
Ministers should have been better at planning and making sure green jobs were available, report says. more
The BBC meets astronaut Rosemary Coogan who is training at Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas. more
The BBC meets astronaut Rosemary Coogan who is training at Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas. more
The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09010-1Multiplexed error-robust fluorescence in situ hybridization (MERFISH) together with deep-learning-based nucleus segmentation enabled the construction of a highly detailed and informative spatially resolved single-cell more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08912-4Analysis of the 'Chicago' Archaeopteryx, a nearly complete and uncrushed specimen, reveals details of the skeleton, soft tissues and plumage of this taxon, providing more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09001-2Neurons in the rodent dorsomedial prefrontal cortex encode a flexible internal model of emotion by linking directly experienced and inferred associations with aversive experiences. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01477-2Biochemical ‘DNA methylation’ marks are found across the genome in vertebrate animals, but in the early embryos of placental mammals, such as mice and more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09002-1HARE5, a human accelerated region enhancer, modulates cortical development by influencing neural progenitor cell behaviour, leading to an enlarged neocortex with increased functional independence more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09043-6In vitro reconstitution and in vivo live-cell imaging of LHX2–EBF1–LDB1 enhancer hubs in olfactory sensory neurons reveals that these transcription factors form condensates with more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01436-xA place to remember. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08936-wThe observation of the transition from hcp H2 to a post-hcp structure with a six-fold larger supercell at pressures above 212 GPa is reported, indicating more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01474-5The rate at which mutations arise can be estimated by studying multigenerational human families. Reference genomes have been assembled for 28 people from four more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08990-4APOL9a/b proteins coat mouse intestinal bacteria with high specificity, and genetic abolition of ceramide-1-phosphate synthesis pathways in the symbiote Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron significantly decreases this more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01072-5Chia-Hsuan Hsu waited 18 months before chasing an editor for a decision on a paper. The answer surprised him. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09000-3Immune checkpoint blockade activates T cell immunity by reprogramming the STAT3 and STAT5 transcriptional pathways in dendritic cells, and STAT3 degradation is effective for more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08981-5The molecular mechanisms of astroblastoma development are identified, whereby distinct gene fusions upregulate shared transcriptional networks to disrupt the normal development of ventral telencephalon more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01470-9Leptomeningeal metastasis is a deadly consequence of cancer that creates an unusually inflamed environment around the brain and spinal cord. One of the inflammatory more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01499-wTracks in Australia seem to be the earliest known prints of amniotes — a group that includes reptiles, birds and mammals. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08949-5Data from the NASA GRAIL spacecraft recover the lunar gravity field suggesting preservation of a predominantly thermal anomaly in the nearside mantle, which could more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01463-8Poll of 5,000 researchers finds contrasting views on when it’s acceptable to involve AI and what needs to be disclosed. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01339-xA prediction of the gravitational waves produced by interacting black holes achieves high precision and demonstrates the link between general relativity and geometry. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01459-4Forty years ago this month, scientists reported that human activities had punctured Earth’s protective ozone layer. What happened next offers a masterclass in international more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01421-4Measurements of wind in a luminous galactic core reveal dense pockets of gas — a finding that calls for a rethink of how black more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08948-6Realization of a gyromagnetic double-zero-index metamaterial results in unconventional optical and topological properties, suitable to be used for the generation of light pulses shaped more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08785-7A miniaturized and low-power-consumption system is designed to allow the accurate sensing and wireless transmission of internal temperature and strain signals inside lithium-ion batteries more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01512-2What’s your view on using AI for peer review and for writing research papers? more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08884-5Analysis of a fossil trackway from the earliest Carboniferous of Australia shows prints of toes with claws, suggesting that the origin of amniotes was more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01543-9The best of scientists’ photos from the field. Plus, researchers are split about whether it’s OK for AI to write science papers and bad more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08978-0An optimized Co–Ni alloy catalyst encapsulated with Sm2O3-doped CeO2 shows both high activity and stability for high-temperature CO2-to-CO conversion, overcoming the limitations of such more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08899-yQuantum error correction of a logical qutrit and ququart were experimentally realized beyond the break-even point with the Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill bosonic code. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01515-zFinding adds to the bigger picture of how humans developed such large brains. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08928-wCurrent trends imply that we will transgress most of the planetary boundaries by 2050; however, ambitious, urgent and universal action to ameliorate climate change more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01340-4An analysis of warm periods in Earth’s history helps to clarify an apparent anomaly in projections of the future behaviour of the South Asian more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08998-wAnalysis of whole-genome sequencing data from 3,023 human genomes from mainland Southeast Asia identifies high genetic heterogeneity among populations in the region and many more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08968-2Observations of a luminous quasar from the high-resolution spectrometer Resolve aboard XRISM revealed highly inhomogeneous wind structure outflowing from a supermassive black hole, which more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01532-yResearchers put a portable antimatter containment system through its paces at CERN — plus, the maths of a black hole fly-by. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01523-zSystem improves chip designs and tackles unsolved maths problems, but has not been rolled out to researchers outside the company. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01388-2Is lasting love more likely if you date only other scientists? How much should you talk about your research on a first date? Researchers more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01468-3With organoids, assembloids and a growing toolkit of bioengineering tricks, scientists are stitching together models of the developing human brain — and pushing the more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08926-yThe successful transport of a trapped proton cloud from the antimatter factory of CERN using a transportable, superconducting, autonomous and open Penning-trap system that more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08992-2A study reports on the DNA methylation dynamics during embryogenesis in marsupials, showing that these differ from those occurring during embryogenesis in eutherian mammals. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01134-8Fossil evidence points to an earlier-than-expected timeline for when reptiles, members of the four-limbed group of animals called tetrapods, began to evolve. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08920-4The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water ice in the cold debris disk (analogous to the Kuiper belt) around the star HD 181327. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08956-6Proxy records and climate simulations show that in past warm intervals, the South Asian summer monsoon was characterized by an increase in monsoon rainfall, more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09008-9Dopaminergic action prediction error signals are used by mice as a value-free teaching signal to reinforce stable sound–action associations in the tail of the more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08894-3Using a system to adjust the strength of cavity vacuum fields penetrating a Hall bar, a study describes the effect of the vacuum field more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09018-7The taurine–taurine transporter axis is a critical dependency of aggressive myeloid leukaemias. more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09012-zIndependent of antigen presentation, migratory CCR7+ dendritic cells orchestrate the influx, proliferation and cytotoxic action of natural killer cells to control cancer cell growth more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08932-0Examination of a complete structural phase diagram of twisted trilayer graphene shows that several large-scale moiré domain lattices can be formed, the physical properties more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08984-2A new, highest-precision analytical result for solving the gravitational two-body problem of black hole or neutron star scattering reveals the emergence of Calabi–Yau manifolds more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08994-0Radiotherapy induces expression of the EGFR ligand amphiregulin, which promotes metastasis growth at remote sites in mouse models and human patients by shifting myeloid more
Nature, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08993-1A study shows that loss of memory precision associated with systems consolidation can be explained by neurogenesis-dependent reorganization of engram circuitry within the hippocampus more
A foreign fleet of industrial trawlers is exhausting fish stocks in Senegal, driving artisanal fishers to undertake a difficult, and sometimes deadly, migration to Spain.Read more on E360 → more
Making chocolate wastes most of the cacao plant. Are you ready to try other parts of the cacao fruit? more
Climate change is making things worse. more
It broke my heart to see a seal so injured by a £1 plastic toy. Now I campaign to ban them – and it has changed my lifeThere was an more
Severe air pollution is obscuring visibility of the highest mountain peaks on Earth, hitting tourism hard. more
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01510-4‘Loss and damage fund’ for climate change needs broader remit more
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01529-7How to become (and remain) unusually healthy old people. Plus, all living things emit a very slight glow and a promising drug for early more
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01511-3Do universities serve their community? more
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01461-wStudents and institutions should treat PhD degrees as they would a job. more
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01342-2The interstellar origins of space’s dirty snowballs, and debunking a myth about maternal crustaceans, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive. 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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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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