Community Nature Walk, Saturday April 6, 2024 at 10AM

John Goodwin Photo Contest

Entries Due March 31, 2024

Community Nature Walk

April 6, 2024
10:00 AM

Birdwatching with Don Torino (Bergen County Audubon Society)

April 14, 2024
10:00 AM

The Demarest Nature Center Association

 “We don’t stop hiking because we grow old,
we grow old because we stop hiking.

~Finis Mitchell

Keep an eye out for this magnificent tree
that is often overlooked but full of beauty and utility

~ Jeff Shaari

 “We don’t stop hiking because we grow old,
we grow old because we stop hiking.

~Finis Mitchell

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.

Nature News

UN probes controversial forest carbon agreement in Malaysian Borneo

The state government of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo has reaffirmed its plans to proceed with an opaque nature conservation agreement despite concerns raised by the United Nations. Representatives of Sabah’s more

Fanned by El Niño, megafires in Brazil threaten Amazon’s preserved areas

Researchers and protection agencies expected a dry season with more fires in Brazil’s Roraima state at the start of 2024, but the effects of an intense and prolonged El Niño more

Use of petroleum-based chemicals skyrocketed during the postwar era, most of them entering the market with little concern for safety. Now, mounting evidence links petrochemicals to the rapidly rising prevalence more

Rising temperatures threaten the tiny animals responsible for groundwater quality

Underground ecosystems are everywhere. From gargantuan lightless mazes to pore-sized bedrock gaps inhabited by microfauna — super tiny animals — these ecosystems are believed to be the most widespread nonmarine more

Chocó land deal shows flaws in Ecuador’s forestry incentive program

By now, dozens of countries have some version of a forestry incentive program, with the government paying local property owners to keep their trees in the ground. But a lot more

Oman’s mountain oases offer ancient farming lessons for a warming future

In some ways, village life on Oman’s Jabal Akhdar Mountain is the same as it has always been. Water still runs through the ancient aflaj channels. People still cultivate pomegranates, more

Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout

SOUTH KULAWI, Indonesia — In a forested valley in the interior of Sulawesi Island, Elisabet Heta gathers up a clutch of farming tools used by the Moa Indigenous people and more

Fertilizer management could reduce ammonia pollution from 3 staple crops: Study

A machine learning model of ammonia emissions from the world’s rice, wheat and corn crops shows that optimal fertilizer management could slash ammonia air pollution from these crops by 38%. more

How badly do Tasmanians want to protect nature? The state election may provide answers

The major parties have been all but silent on the environment this campaign, while the Greens are intent on protecting natural placesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet more

A new study finds that scaling back grazing on most pastureland worldwide would dramatically increase the amount of carbon stored in soils.Read more on E360 → more

Pythons for bait and dodging militias: on the trail of the rare ‘monkey-eating’ eagle

Mindanao island is the last stronghold of the endangered Philippine eagle. But now the raptor’s habitat is at risk from logging, hunting and armed groups Christian Daug whistles with all more

High-seas drama over an ocean treasure trove

Greenpeace could be thrown out of the UN body overseeing deep-sea mining for obstructing a research expedition. more

In Peru, conservationists and authorities struggle to get turtle eggs off the menu

IQUITOS, Peru — “Oh, they’re so delicious,” said Soledad Coronil, an elderly local woman, as she enjoyed a boiled tortoise egg earlier this year. “You have to open the shell more

Climate protesters in England and Wales lose criminal damage defence

Appeal court says defendants’ ‘beliefs and motivation’ do not constitute lawful excuse for damaging propertyOne of the last defences for climate protesters who commit criminal damage has been in effect more

‘Holy grail of shipwrecks’: recovery of 18th-century Spanish ship could begin in April

The San José, sunk in 1708, has been at the center of a dispute over who has rights to the wreck, including $17bn in bootySince the Colombian navy discovered the more

‘Bewildering’ to omit meat-eating reduction from UN climate plan

Academic experts also criticise UN Food and Agriculture Organization for dismissing alternative proteinsThe omission of meat-eating reduction from proposals in a UN roadmap to tackle the climate crisis and end more

Germaine Gooden-Patterson has lived in Clairton, Pennsylvania, for more than 15 years, but it wasn’t until she began a job as a community health worker in 2019 that she understood  more

Kitten season is out of control. Are warmer winters to blame?

The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike. more

Galapagos biodiversity under threat – in pictures

Greenpeace has called for the creation of a high seas protected zone under a new UN treaty to secure a much wider area around Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, whose unique fauna more

Britain is becoming a toxic chemical dumping ground – yet another benefit of Brexit | George Monbiot

Perhaps our government imagines bulldog spirit will protect us from the dangerous substances that Europe rules unsafeIt’s a benefit of Brexit – but only if you’re a manufacturer or distributor more

UK heat pump rollout criticised as too slow by public spending watchdog

Installations must speed up 11-fold as advisers say latest changes to scheme likely to make 2028 target even harderThe public spending watchdog has criticised the slow pace of the government’s more

Country diary: The empty lake proved to be anything but | David Bellamy

Ballachrink, Isle of Man: My monthly bird survey started so slowly that I nearly gave up – I would have missed a ‘first’ for this site if I hadQuietly opening more

Spying on wildlife with biorobots: Interview with engineer Kamilo Melo

Kamilo Melo was building a robot shaped like a salamander for his Ph.D. in 2015 when an unexpected assignment came knocking on his door. Two producers at the BBC were more

Heat pumps too expensive, government warned

The spending watchdog says the costs remain too high and public awareness of the technology remains low. more

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07277-4Author Correction: An atlas of epithelial cell states and plasticity in lung adenocarcinoma more

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00795-1The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme would make it harder for perpetrators to hide their past, advocacy group says. more

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00790-6It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when thinking about the damage that might be wrought by global warming — but that is missing the point. more

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00804-3Physicist Carolina Brito leads an initiative to smash gender stereotypes in science. more

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00713-5Words and images experienced by an infant wearing sensors during their daily life have led to efficient machine learning, pointing to the power of more

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00820-3Marine biologist Gabriel Renato Castro cultivates compounds from cyanobacteria to support agriculture and the environment. more

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00819-wMany with the condition have found ways around their health problems, but they say more employer support is needed. more

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07290-7Structural insights into vesicular monoamine storage and drug interactions more

Nature, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00446-5In organic chemistry, finding conditions that enable a broad range of compounds to undergo a particular type of reaction is highly desirable. However, conventional more

Iceland state of emergency after volcanic flare-up

Powerful lava flows began late on Saturday - but authorities say they have since diminished significantly. more

A Florida neighborhood says an old factory made them sick. Now developers want to kick up toxic soil

Residents already hit with disease are fighting the multibillion-dollar corporation DR Horton, America’s largest homebuilder Kristen Burke and her husband, Harold, moved into their home in Russell Landing, a rural more

Peter Dutton wanted a plebiscite on marriage equality. Why not hold another on his nuclear fantasy? | Paul Karp

What better way to test if Australians are up for nuclear energy than by asking them: Do you support removing the current ban? Would you support a reactor in your more

Installing a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if it's run on U.S. electricity generated mostly by fossil fuels. Here’s why. more

The Phoenix, Lewes: a new riverside neighbourhood that sounds almost too good to be true

A dream team of architects has planning permission to convert a former ironworks in the old Sussex market town into a sustainable new community for all, with low-rise flats, courtyard more

‘I’ll run until there’s no sea left’: the gas mask-wearing ultramarathoner circling the Salton Sea

The California landmark is shrinking, exposing a toxic lakebed that threatens neighbors. ‘Irondad’ is running 92 miles to highlight the crisisOn an otherwise desolate horizon, a black dot materialized along more

For years, eagle-eyed environmentalists have called out banks and consumer businesses—from Barclays to fashion brand ASOS—for making misleading claims that their practices or products are sustainable, otherwise known as greenwashing.  more

‘They’re at the forefront’: the women leading the way through Britain’s farming crisis

A traditionally male-dominated industry is being quietly transformed by an influx of talent who don’t fit the stereotypeBack in the 1970s, Holly Collins was studying for her A-levels in Sussex. more

“Atta!” shouts Seiichi Dejima, of the Nature Conservation Society of Japan (NCSJ), as he raises binoculars to his eyes. He’s spotted one of a breeding pair of endangered Japanese golden more

Last week, a 22-year-old activist spent nearly 36 hours inside the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia, halting construction on a section of the pipeline for two days. The activist—who asked more

Fires surge in the Amazon, but deforestation continues to fall

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has continued on a downward trajectory despite a sharp increase in fires associated with the severe drought in the region, reveals data released by Brazil’s more

Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade

Researchers found that the Victorians brought so many seeds and saplings to Britain that experts say the giant redwoods now outnumber those in their US homelandThree giant redwoods tower over more

Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes

So-called rain-on-snow events accelerate ice loss and trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wild animals and the Indigenous peoples who depend on them. more

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—As Kacey Brantley entered her neighborhood earlier this month, she thought the car in front of her was having some kind of mechanical issue. A pungent smell, like gas more

Closed-door negotiations during Virginia’s budget process may have undercut lawmakers’ plans to rejoin a regional emissions reduction program. State lawmakers on Saturday approved a $188 billion budget proposal that includes more

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Producer Aynsley O’Neill with Dr. Stephen Conley, an atmospheric scientist and the founder of Scientific more

UK doctors involved in climate protests face threat of being struck off

GPs with convictions over protests face tribunals to determine whether they can keep licence to practiseDr Sarah Benn has long been concerned about the climate crisis, diligently recycling until she more

Country diary: A little miracle by my feet – a four-leaf clover | Kate Blincoe

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: On a day spent picking horse poo from the pasture, I welcome this Celtic charmI am up to my ankles in thick mud, scraping horse poo more

The 'insane' plan to save the Arctic's sea-ice

Could a daring experiment help our planet or is it a dangerous distraction? more

ADGER, Ala.—He’d said he thought his home would explode. He was right.  W.M. Griffice, 78, had told his granddaughter, Kenzie, in the days leading up to March 8 that he more

“We endorsed Wes Moore primarily because of his forward-facing climate agenda. We liked what he said and his level of commitment. And that’s why this bill has been so difficult,” more

The Guardian view on genteel protest: don’t price the peaceful enjoyment of England’s green fields | Editorial

Charging townspeople to use a beautiful park in the Cotswolds may ignite a wider right to roam movementA small outcry over the imposition of entrance fees to Cirencester Park is more

Put Thames Water into special administration, Lib Dems tell ministers

Party calls for firm to be wound up as it seeks shareholder bailout, higher bills and lower finesThames Water should be put into special administration by the government and reformed more

Toilet paper: Environmentally impactful, but alternatives are rolling out

Most used in China, North America, Europe and Australia, TP causes deforestation, needs lots of energy and water to make, and is hard to dispose of. Solutions abound, from the more

Over the past two decades, the number of young bull sharks in Mobile Bay, Alabama has multiplied fivefold, a new study finds.Read more on E360 → more

Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’

Discovery was made after First Nations tipped off ecologists about groups of fish gathering in a fjord off British ColumbiaDeep in the hostile waters off Canada’s west coast, in a more

Much of England’s ‘national landscapes’ out of bounds, say campaigners

Right to Roam finds areas of outstanding natural beauty have on average poorer footpath access than rest of EnglandEngland’s most stunning “national landscapes” are largely out of bounds, and 22 more

Brazilian youngsters discuss how they are tackling the climate emergency

The climate emergency has affected development and violated the rights of children and adolescents around the world, and in Brazil. In addition to fires, prolonged, extreme droughts make access to more

To detect illegal roads in remote areas, AI comes into play

For years, detecting illegal roads in remote areas has remained a challenging and labor-intensive task. More often than not, it requires poring over satellite images to identify thin lines cut more

FBI sent several informants to Standing Rock protests, court documents show

Until now, only one other federal informant was known to be in the camps. more

The week in wildlife – in pictures: a baby gorilla, a rare black leopard and a sucker-bum squid

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading more

‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes

Carbon schemes are touted as a way to transfer billions in climate finance to the developing world – but people at the Kariba project in Zimbabwe say most of the more

British Wildlife Photography awards – in pictures

The winners of the annual British Wildlife Photography awards have been announced, with the winner – an image of invasive goose barnacles hitching a lift across the ocean on a more

Country diary: Winner and losers at the lowered reservoir | Phil Gates

Tunstall Valley, Weardale: Where greylag geese normally swim in 10ft-deep water, chaffinches are pecking among the green shoots. What exactly is happening?Tunstall reservoir is a favourite place to visit in more

Australian farm grows world's biggest blueberry

The monster fruit is the size of a ping-pong ball and weighs 20.4g, about 10 times the average blueberry. more

Nature, Published online: 15 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00747-9A therapy called resmetirom improves hallmarks of an obesity-linked condition that can lead to liver failure. more

Nature, Published online: 15 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00813-2Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. more

Nature, Published online: 15 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00694-5Due to come online this year, the JUNO facility will help to determine which type of neutrino has the highest mass — one of more

Nature, Published online: 15 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00807-0Projects have been cancelled in an effort to curb the virus’s spread. more

Nature, Published online: 15 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00808-zOlga Lehmann made sense of challenges she faced in teamwork by analysing how she and her colleagues behaved and what she could have done more

Nature, Published online: 15 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00834-xLong postreproductive lifespans might allow female whales to help their progeny survive. Plus, a sneak peek of China’s new underground neutrino lab and tips more

Nature, Published online: 15 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00812-3Stuck between several lines of research? Here’s how we decide which ones to pursue, say Elizabeth Tenney, Jacqueline Chen and McKenzie Preston. more

Nature, Published online: 15 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00806-1A low-tech solution helped Megan Rogers to increase her productivity and maintain a good work–life balance. more

EPA finally cracks down on the carcinogen used to sterilize medical equipment

Although the rule will slash ethylene oxide emissions by some 90 percent, "there's still a lot more to be done." more

Huge new no-fishing zones give Antarctic marine predators and their prey a break

Thousands of miles off the southeast coast of South America lies a set of remote islands, one broad and comma-shaped, the others a series of small dots that trail off more

Brazil’s Amazonian states push for court reforms in bid for justice

Amazonian states have gone largely unrepresented at the top of the Brazilian judicial system for decades, a political distortion that has spurred calls for reform. more

Your tax dollars may be funding the expansion of the plastics industry

Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012. more

E-Sak Ka Ou Declaration underscores Indigenous rights as a conservation solution (commentary)

It was a sunny day in Koh Lanta, an island known for tourism in Krabi Province, Thailand. Surrounding us were calming shades of blue and green, a white sandy beach more

Mini radio tags help track ‘murder hornets’ and other invasive insects

The yellow-legged hornet is a predator: after it sets up a nest in a new neighborhood, its workers head out in search of smaller wasps, flies and bees to feed more

Climate change brews trouble for tea industry, but circular solutions await

It’s estimated that we drink around 5 billion cups of tea every day. Producing this vast quantity of leaves to quench global thirst for black, green and other varieties is more

Elon Musk's Starship goes 'farther than ever'

The world's most powerful rocket makes a huge leap in progress in its third test flight. more

Not just polar bears — climate change could push African rhinos to extinction

New research is ringing alarm bells about how climate change may impact one of Africa’s most iconic and vulnerable animals: the rhinoceros. “Climate change has the potential of wiping out more

Palm oil deforestation persists in Indonesia’s Leuser amid new mills, plantations

JAKARTA — Deforestation for oil palm plantations continues unabated at the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, likely driven by new processing mills that in turn may ultimately more

Worsening drought and wildfires in California are pushing giant sequoias, the biggest trees on Earth, into decline. But sequoias that have been planted in Britain are flourishing, new research finds.Read more

Climate change and boat strikes are killing right whales. Stronger speed limits could save them.

Nearly a century after we almost hunted them to extinction, fewer than 360 right whales remain. more

Bird flu: access to Ernest Shackleton’s grave ‘blocked by dead seals’

Exclusive: The H5N1 virus reached the region late last year and is killing wildlife, with witnesses spotting numerous seal corpses on South Georgia islandThe grave of the explorer Ernest Shackleton more

Nature, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00811-4On the sixth anniversary of Stephen Hawking’s death, we revisit his landmark paper. Plus, a stunning 3D atlas of the heart and the mysterious more

Nature, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00751-zLow- and middle-income countries are grappling with widespread shortages of diagnostic tests for infections that kill millions. more

Nature, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00791-5Susan Rogers worked with the legendary singer-songwriter before earning a PhD in her 50s on auditory memory and how we listen to music throughout more

Nature, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00805-2Year-long effort compiles comprehensive database of chemicals in plastics. more

Nature, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00798-yDocumentary reveals how Black US scholars shaped today’s mathematics community and provides hope for the future. more

Nature, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00786-2Beyond stratigraphic definitions, the name has broader significance for understanding humans’ place on Earth. more

Nature, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00732-2Scientists controlled a hydrogen atom with electric fields to derive a highly precise estimate of the Rydberg constant. more

Nature, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07289-0Publisher Correction: Durable CO2 conversion in the proton-exchange membrane system more

Nature, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00768-4Stephen Hawking’s paradoxical finding that black holes don’t live forever has profound, unresolved implications for the quest for unifying theories of reality. more

Dutton’s blast of radioactive rhetoric on nuclear power leaves facts in the dust | Temperature Check

Coalition’s claim of cheap power and quickly built reactors is at odds with real world experience of other countriesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and more

You can start applying for the  American Climate Corps next month

Biden is calling on Congress for an additional $8 billion in funding for the program. more

China has achieved stunning growth in its installed renewable capacity over the last two decades, far outpacing the rest of the world. But to end its continued dependence on fossil more

As heat becomes a national threat, who will be protected?

Extreme heat affects everyone. But in Florida, the hottest state in the country, only one group is legally protected. more

In Texas, as in California, big fires lead to big lawsuits

Electric utility Xcel is facing several lawsuits over its role in the Smokehouse Creek Fire, highlighting a growing threat to power providers. more

New report slams carbon offset project in Cambodia for violating Indigenous rights

Human Rights Watch alleges Indigenous peoples were thrown off their land in name of conservation. more

Sound from healthy coral reefs could encourage degraded ones to regenerate, experts say – video

Playing sounds from healthy coral reefs at degraded ones encourages coral larvae to settle, a study has found.Scientists recorded audio from thriving reefs and then played it back at reefs in more

World's largest trees are 'thriving in UK'

A survey of giant redwoods growing in the UK reveals the trees are doing well - and growing fast. more

Drone video shows parts of Australia's largest sheep station underwater in WA floods – video

Record Western Australian rainfall has closed the Eyre Highway that links Perth to the eastern states and flooded outback stations, including Australia’s largest operating sheep station Rawlinna. Parts of WA more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00733-1Cost-saving strategy increases early detection of congenital cytomegalovirus, which can cause developmental problems if left untreated. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07114-8We demonstrate that self-enhanced mobility offers a simple physical mechanism for pattern formation in living systems and, more generally, in other active matter systems more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00779-1Some large language models harbour hidden biases that cannot be removed using standard methods. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00731-3A hat-like prosthesis helps the invertebrates to swim more efficiently and can be used to carry ocean sensors. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07159-9A comparative analysis tests competing evolutionary hypotheses in toothed whales in which menopause has evolved many times as females extended their overall lifespan but more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07185-7A microglial state, featuring lipid droplets and secretion of neurotoxic factors, is shown to be most prominent in people with Alzheimer’s disease who have more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07179-5In a mouse model of enteric pathogen infection, tryptophan metabolites protect against infection via activation of dopamine receptor D2 and regulation of actin cytoskeletal more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07280-9Publisher Correction: Anti-TIGIT antibody improves PD-L1 blockade through myeloid and Treg cells more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00730-4The rate of vaccination against COVID-19 rose sharply in villages in Sierra Leone where health officials held mobile vaccination clinics. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00754-wBringing fresh perspectives to long-standing health challenges, these scientists are using techniques such as big-data analytics and AI to push the field. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07061-4We introduce a scalable, high-resolution, 3D printing technique for the fabrication of shape-specific particles based on roll-to-roll continuous liquid interface production, enabling direct integration more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07177-7We uncover key processes of the genomic evolution of small cell lung cancer under therapy, identify the common ancestor as the source of clonal more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07147-zA global high-resolution disaster footprint analytical model is developed to show substantial socioeconomic impacts from climatic change-driven heat stress through the global supply chain more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07180-yCultivation of a new anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium from Boreal Shield lake water—representing a transition form in the evolution of photosynthesis—offers insights into how the more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07167-9Blocking mitochondrial complex I in pro-inflammatory microglia protects the central nervous system against neurotoxic damage and improves functional outcomes in vivo in an animal more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07172-yMacrophages are revealed to adopt a polymerase II pause/release process to effectively deal with ingested apoptotic corpses and for continuous efferocytosis. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00755-9Institutions from the country make unrivaled contributions to high-quality health-sciences research in the Nature Index. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00536-4Burning events that occur at night have been revealed as a driver of large wildfires. Prolonged drought conditions are to blame, making it easier more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00727-zA hiring manager reveals the lessons he learnt when transitioning from a PhD programme to industry. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07111-xA micro-fabricated Penning trap that operates at a 3 T magnetic field demonstrates full quantum control of an ion and the ability to transport more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00775-5Cutting edge imaging techniques reveal how cells organise as the heart develops. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07158-wA cluster randomized controlled trial in Sierra Leone shows that targeting access to vaccines in remote areas increases uptake, an approach that can be more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00704-6Early studies with engineered immune cells show drastic but often short-lived results in glioblastoma, the most aggressive brain cancer. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00720-6Clues to a modern mystery could be lurking in information collected generations ago. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00796-0Researchers propose that independent attempts to replicate results should complement conventional peer review. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00774-6Astrophysicist Avi Loeb says that an interstellar meteor showered Earth with particles. At a planetary-science conference this week, researchers begged to differ. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00753-xFrom study design to patient recruitment, researchers are investigating ways that technology could speed up the process. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03186-0A trial that took mobile health services to rural Sierra Leone finds that this initiative increased COVID-19 vaccine uptake. But more must be done more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07153-1Time-resolved cryo-EM is used to capture structural transitions during G-protein activation stimulated by a G-protein-coupled receptor. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00492-zCombining a high-throughput technique with 3D printing offers a way of fabricating micrometre-sized particles for use in electronics and biotechnology. The versatile method can more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00748-8It’s the end of the world as we know it. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07183-9Binding of the substrates NAD+ and ATP to the plant Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain proteins induces phase separation and, thereby, activation of TIR enzymatic more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07028-5By examining the hourly diurnal cycle of 23,557 fires in North America during 2017–2020, 1,095 overnight burning events were identified, mostly associated with extreme more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07181-xA couple-close approach used to build semisaturated ring systems from dual radical precursors allows sampling of regions of underexplored chemical space, leading to an more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07192-8The hippocampal dentate spike, an understudied population event that frequently occurs between sharp-wave ripples, may underlie a mechanism re-engaging the brain with the external more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00800-7Charles Darwin’s claim about male mammals usually being bigger than females is proved wrong. Plus, OpenAI’s Sora can create amazing video from text prompts, more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07117-5We integrate approximately one million aerial site measurements into regional emissions inventories for six regions in the USA, finding methane emission intensities that vary more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00772-8Genetic information from ancient remains is helping to reveal how malaria has moved and evolved alongside people. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07281-8Publisher Correction: Nuclear export of circular RNA more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00756-8An approach that aims to quantify how long a drug can delay or halt the progression of disease is gathering steam. more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07188-4A study describes an approach using designed building blocks that are far more regular in geometry than natural proteins to construct modular multicomponent protein more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00794-2Data suggest menopause evolved to enable older female whales to help younger generations survive, and how researchers made a cellular map of the developing more

Nature, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07171-zCombining single-cell RNA-sequencing with high-resolution multiplexed error-robust fluorescence in situ hybridization reveals in detail the cellular interactions and specialization of cardiac cell types that more

Our Mission

Demarest Nature Center - Duffy Bridge

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.

 Check Out Our Latest Newsletter & History of DNC

Events

SEE CALENDAR VIEW

March 2024

SU
MO
TU
WE
TH
FR
SA
25
26
27
28
29
1
2
Community Trail Walk & Volunteer Day (Spring Cleanup)
10:00 am
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Monthly Nature Center Meeting
7:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Monthly meeting is open to all members at the demarest train station. If you are not a member come join us today! , ...
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
John Goodwin Photo Contest
All Day
Entries Due March 31, 2024 , ...
1
2
3
4
5
6

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 adult oriented sessions on topics such as hiking the Appalachian trial or composting, family hikes in Harriman Park or along the Palisades, and various children’s programs. Local outdoor activities have been held at the Nature Center, Wakelee Field, various school grounds, and at the Duck Pond.

Tripadavisor

The Demarest Nature Center is on TripAdvisor! Feel free to share your experiences with us. We would appreciate your feedback.

Follow us on

Mail

Demarest Nature Center
Box 41
Demarest, NJ 07627

Location

90 Park St, Demarest, NJ 07627

Trail Map

You can download a Trail Map here.

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, Breakfast in the Woods (free to all members), 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.

Come Join Us And Become a Member

Photo Gallery