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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JAKARTA — Civil society advocates representing more than 2,000 customary communities in Indonesia have initiated last-ditch legal challenges over parliament’s failure to pass an Indigenous rights bill during the 10-year more
International Energy Agency says 17m vehicles will be sold this year, up more than 20% compared with 2023Electric and plug-in hybrid car sales will jump to a new global record more
Star Carr and Huttons Ambo, North Yorkshire: In this age of disconnection and faux dominion, we can find true meaning in historical places like theseStar Carr is an unprepossessing flatscape more
In the past 10 years the idea that trees communicate with and look after each other has gained widespread currency. But have these claims outstripped the evidence? There are a more
Nancy Gonzalez recruited relatives to smuggle purses made of illicit python and caiman into the US. more
Hussein Julood says the burning of gas at a BP-run oil field in Iraq caused his son's leukaemia. more
The Biden administration aims to sign up 20,000 people in the program's first year. more
As negotiators meet this week for the fourth round of global plastics treaty talks, scientists warn that both plant-based and petroleum-based plastics are toxic, with both needing tough regulation to more
The Emperor Seamount Chain is a massive and richly biodiverse set of underwater mountains stretching about 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) south from the Aleutian Islands in the northwest Pacific. From more
For months, residents in the Himalayan foothills of Uttarakhand have been fighting for the introduction of land laws that would prevent agricultural land from being sold to people from outside more
Chris Stark says populist response and culture war around the term is inhibiting environmental progressThe concept of “net zero” has become a political slogan used to start a “dangerous” culture more
A paper trail left by a notorious land grabber reveals how he used relatives and an employee as fronts to evade environmental fines and lawsuits, shedding light on this widespread more
Stories of dismay but also resilience as crisis in food production builds after 18 months of exceptionally wet weatherFarmers have been dealing with record-breaking rainfall over at least the past more
Monarch butterflies are returning to gardens across the United States, but a few months ago, I stood in a mountain forest in Mexico where the monarchs spend the winter. They more
DHAKA — In a breakthrough in saltwater crocodile conservation in the country, Bangladesh has started using a satellite tagging system to monitor the species’ movements, habits, and life span in more
Trudi Warner was accused of contempt for holding placard reminding jurors of right to acquit based on conscienceA high court judge has thrown out an attempt by the government’s most more
Though touted as a model of environmental preservation, the country has recently signalled a shift from phasing out fossil fuels to boosting the economy. Franz Tattenbach on the tension between more
The European Space Agency's latest intake of astronauts complete their basic training. more
When Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon told the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023 that the state would not be applying for federal grant money to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases, he more
It is the jewel of the Adriatic. Its shimmering waters feed a rare colony of Dalmatian pelicans, the world’s largest freshwater birds, sustain the endangered Albanian water frog, and host more
COP29 could make carbon markets permanent. Indigenous leaders are calling for a moratorium before it's too late. more
After a federal court rejected their lawsuit, tribes are turning to the U.N. for help. more
Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back. more
For billions of years, the oceans have been absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere. Now, to boost that drawdown, startup companies and researchers are experimenting with ‘marine carbon dioxide removal’ by more
The worldwide event aims to raise awareness about the need to protect the environment. more
New resources from the Center for Public Integrity and Grist aim to teach residents and reporters how to conduct their own research. more
Agencies and scientists from around the world head to the UK to share space-exploration techniques. more
Lebanon’s economy and electricity system are broken and much power is now generated locally, with devastating effects on air quality and healthSmog hangs over Beirut most days, a brownish cloud more
Proposed ‘fast-track’ law could see conservation concerns ignored and projects once rejected for environmental reasons given the green lightNew Zealand’s parliament is considering a law that would allow major development more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07348-6The Human Muscle Ageing Cell Atlas provides a series of integrated cellular and molecular explanations for sarcopenia and frailty development in advanced ages. more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01182-6In Grenada, public-health researcher Lindonne Telesford tests a soil additive made from recycled glass that could help farmers adapt to climate change. more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01130-4The model organism Caenorhabditis elegans is quick to forget a notable odour — unless it is chilled or given lithium. more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07413-0Author Correction: Interim analyses of a first-in-human phase 1/2 mRNA trial for propionic acidaemia more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07412-1Star Formation Shut Down by Multiphase Gas Outflow in a Galaxy at a Redshift of 2.45 more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01147-9Findings underscore that genetic factors contribute to development of the condition after a traumatic incident. more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07393-1Author Correction: Targeting SWI/SNF ATPases in enhancer-addicted prostate cancer more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01137-xAs artificial intelligence transforms the global economy, researchers need to explore scenarios to assess how it can help, rather than harm, the climate. more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01169-3Features of a scene such as size and clutter can affect the brain’s sense of how much time has passed while observing it. more
Nature, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01179-1The world should learn from past disasters and prepare for the effects of future, inevitable volcanic catastrophes, a wide-reaching book teaches us. more
An officer with the Georgia Public Service Commission says a private company can take land from 18 property owners in Sparta. more
From right to roam to anger over polluted rivers, a new breed of activists is pushing back against environmental destructionSomething very interesting is happening in the UK, to do with more
Gathering antlers has been a favorite pastime in the state, but the high dollars they fetch is now putting animals’ lives at riskOn a spring day in April last year, more
Restaurants are serving more unusual cuts of meat, with animal heads staring up at diners to teach them about their foodOffal has become a staple on restaurant menus across the more
Within a thicket of the Big Cypress National Preserve, established a half-century ago to protect the marshes and sloughs here that make up a vital part of the Florida Everglades, more
Denise Moreno-Ramirez grew up in the border town of Nogales, Arizona, living in the U.S. with her family during the week and traveling to Mexico on weekends with her grandmother. more
Fly away home… You can have too much of a good thing‘Look, a ladybird!’ This was how it started. My family were staying the night in a bed and breakfast more
Battling drought, Jenny and Russell Jenner tore out their failing crops. Could fields of sunflowers for selfies save their Queensland farm?There is the smell of freshly cut hay as you more
Keir Starmer must learn from the Tories’ failures and ensure green projects are well planned and resourcedIn the energetic pursuit of net zero, billions of pounds could be squandered needlessly. more
The long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates. more
In a BBC interview, Chris Stark says the PM has not made climate change "as much of a priority as his predecessors". more
Recordings of healthy fish are being transmitted to attract heat-tolerant larvae back to degraded reefs in the MaldivesAn underwater experiment to restore coral reefs using a combination of “coral IVF” more
Reduced snow cover and vegetation shifts in the Alps, driven, to some degree, by climate change, are leading some mountain ecosystems to struggle to hold onto nutrients that feed vegetation, more
The mass timber industry’s promise of low carbon emissions through state-of-the-art laminated wood products has resulted in steady adoption across a construction industry long bogged down by high emissions and more
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Host Steve Curwood with David Cash, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s New England Region. more
JAKARTA — In wildlife conservation management, the best species to focus on to maximize protection of a region’s biodiversity aren’t necessarily the most charismatic ones, a new study from Indonesia’s more
Oftentimes, you can hear it—and smell it—before you see it: The steady sputtering of a bright yellow bus rolling around the corner to retrieve kids during the school year. Each more
Farmers spread treated human waste on their crops. It's full of forever chemicals. more
Video shows trees and shrubs along Western Australia's south-west coastline turning brown after Perth recorded it hottest and driest six months since records began. There were similar scenes in the more
There’s good news and bad news for the Javan rhino, one of the most threatened large mammals on Earth. The recent sighting of a mother-and-calf pair in Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon more
ATHENS — From April 15-17, state delegates, organization representatives, academics and philanthropists met at the 9th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Athens to discuss the protection of the world’s oceans more
A new report alleges the U.N. has been complicit in the violent eviction of Indigenous people from six World Heritage Sites in Africa and Asia.Read more on E360 → more
Last summer, on the evening of July 11, Andy Jones went on a surreal canoe ride. Jones, the manager of the Intervale Community Farm in Burlington, Vermont, joined a flotilla more
In the Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.-Mexico border, residents are battling to preserve some of the last pristine wetlands on the Texas coast. They had won some victories against businesses more
Are fossil fuel companies guilty of actual murder? more
From low birth weight to wildfire smoke, kids can bear the brunt of climate change. more
Now, climate change is adding urgency to those pledges. more
The new extractive reserves allow resident populations to engage in traditional and sustainable extractive practices such as fishing and hunting, while keeping out big businesses, such as commercial aquaculture or more
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading more
The Philippines’ southern region of Mindanao has a history of war and armed conflict going back more than 400 years. The contemporary conflict’s origin in this region of 26.3 million more
More than 50% of the planet’s species live in the earth below our feet, but only a fraction have been identified – so farRead more: No birdsong, no water in more
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has rolled out what it calls a “biodiversity management master plan” amid mounting criticism of the environmental and social threats posed by the construction of more
Nature, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01144-yA declaration signed by dozens of scientists says there is “a realistic possibility” for elements of consciousness in reptiles, insects and molluscs. more
Nature, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01073-wAntarctic observatory gathers the first clear evidence of mysterious subatomic particles from space. more
Nature, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01151-zThe coral reef is experiencing its worst mass bleaching event on record — and warming waters brought on by climate change are to blame. more
Nature, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01160-yAndrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. more
Nature, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01158-6Kelly and Zach Weinersmith join us to discuss their book A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have more
Forest clearing detected by Brazil’s deforestation alert system fell to the lowest level in nearly five years, according to data released last week by the country’s space agency, INPE. INPE’s more
This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay Native News Online and APTN. When around 70,000 more
In eastern Sierra Leone, straddling the border of Liberia, lies Gola Rainforest National Park, one of the last remaining intact tracts of the tropical Upper Guinean forests in West Africa. more
Extracting ground water for growing urban populations causes half of China's big cities to sink. more
Indigenous organizations from Peru and Brazil are joining forces to push their respective governments to safeguard a 16-million-hectare (39.5-million-acre) territorial corridor in the Amazon that stretches from the Tapiche River more
The concrete industry is a major carbon emitter and polluter, with severe human health impacts. But circular solutions, including electrifying cement plants, making low-carbon cement, and bio-architecture could offer relief. more
Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act? more
BLANTYRE — Police and wildlife department officials in Malawi have arrested two men suspected of having killed an elephant in Kasungu National Park in the country’s west. In July 2022, more
The US food and drink giant PepsiCo has been linked through its supply chain to Amazon deforestation and the invasion of Indigenous lands in Peru, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism more
As nature falls silent in most cities around the world, New Zealand’s capital has been transformed by the sound of native birds returning to the dawn chorusRead more: No birdsong, more
Recycling more of the copper, aluminum, and other minerals in our old electronics could reduce the need for mining. more
"It does continuously feel like that you are trying to prove that you are worthy of life." more
Reprising her role as Brazil's environment minister, Marina Silva is determined to reverse the rampant destruction of the Amazon. In an e360 interview, she talks about her efforts to crack more
In the first of a new series, we look at why people reject so much of the bountiful catches from our seas in favour of the same few species, mostly more
Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01156-8Nature’s Where I Work images are being exhibited in the UK capital until June. more
Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01149-7Tens of millions of people in the country’s coastal lands might find their homes below sea level by 2120 owing to sinking and sea-level more
Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01037-0Feelings of hunger, nausea and fullness seem to be governed by separate brain circuits, finds a study in mice. more
Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01075-8Finds in pyramid at Guatemalan site suggest that remains were disinterred and desecrated in a public ritual. more
Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01138-wUnderstanding the volcanic moon’s history could offer fresh insights into conditions on early Earth. more
Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01132-2Powered by deep-learning algorithms, artificial intelligence systems could replace agents such as chemicals currently used to augment medical scans. more
Nature, Published online: 18 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01118-0Sheets of gold might find use as catalysts, or in light-sensing devices. more
Miners say the "overdue" regulation's success will depend upon upon effective enforcement. more
Regulators just imposed unprecedented fees on water usage in the state's agricultural heartland. more
Westerners see elephants as pets, said Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose government threatened to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the UK to demonstrate their dangersMany Europeans value the lives of elephants more
Greece plans to create two large marine parks and end bottom trawling, it announced Tuesday. It also aims to cut the volume of plastic waste flowing into Greek waters in more
Notorious for drawing large crowds, Emerson was removed by officials who were surprised to find him back in Victoria in a weekLast week, gun-wielding conservation officers stuffed a 500lb elephant more
Louisiana lawmakers and local utilities. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07279-2Near-field radiative heat transfer between two coplanar silicon carbide membranes in close proximity is enhanced by the electromagnetic corner and edge modes. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01110-8Algorithm examines images of metastatic cells to identify the location of the primary tumour. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01090-9A United Nations-backed agreement to end plastic pollution is within reach — but only if scientists, civil society and businesses unite against powerful vested more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07331-1Structures of the human calcium-sensing receptor can be bound into complex with G proteins from three different Gα subtypes while maintaining G-protein-binding specificity. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07309-zHippocampal theta–gamma phase–amplitude coupling integrates cognitive control and working memory storage across brain areas in humans. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01102-8Computational biologist Jitao David Zhang says that the country’s vocational training programme teaches key work and life skills. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00912-0The hinge enables insects to control their wing movements, but how it works is hard to study. Multidisciplinary research, using imaging and machine-learning methods, more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01135-zAn ‘at a glance’ approach to publication details, such as journal acceptance rates and the number of peer reviewers, would promote transparency, scientists say. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07337-9Analysis of a global dataset reveals spatiotemporal patterns of marine plankton and their biogeographical responses during climatic and environmental changes across the Cenozoic era. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01153-xEvidence is growing that targeted dietary interventions can treat, delay and even prevent some illnesses. Plus, an AI model helps track the spread of more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07218-1Research published in Nature shows that surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy carried out with colloids can quantify a range of molecules down to concentrations at the more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07296-1The trapping of triply charged 229mTh3+ is described and its nuclear decay half-life determined, showing useful properties for the development of a nuclear clock more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01131-3Saudi herders have travelled the same routes for millennia, cave discovery suggests. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07219-0Analysis of projected sub-national damages from temperature and precipitation show an income reduction of 19% of the world economy within the next 26 years independent more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01099-0Biologist Carolin Sommer-Trembo describes her fascination for fish and why she enjoys doing science in Switzerland. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07297-0Challenging the belief that sympathetic ganglia are an innovation of jawed vertebrates, a study reports the presence of sympathetic neurons in an extant jawless more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07316-0Human genetic evidence increases the success rate of drugs from clinical development to approval but we are still far from reaching peak genetic insights more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00858-3Mating between different species has often been considered an evolutionary dead end, but a study in longwing butterflies suggests that such hybridization could underlie more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07245-yUsing observations of double-difference relocated earthquakes in a local three-dimensional velocity model for Ecuador, a detailed image of seismicity is created, forming the base more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01100-wA global effort to uncover the nature of the Universe has had resounding effects on scientists and society. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01089-2Tackling plastic pollution needs scientists to be in the negotiating room at upcoming talks. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01136-yBrain areas work in tandem to temporarily store important information, and an aurora on a cool brown dwarf. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07327-xWe propose a model for a sequential, multistep activation mechanism of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5, including a series of structures in lipid nanodiscs, more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01017-4The sympathetic nervous system, which enables the fight-or-flight response, was thought to be present only in jawed vertebrates. Analysis of a jawless vertebrate suggests more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00963-3How does the human brain temporarily store information without losing track of it? Neuroscientists have discovered that neurons in the frontal and temporal lobes more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07262-xAnalysis of the energy budget of a sample of 54 well-observed stripped-envelope supernovae of all sub-types shows statistically significant, largely model-independent, observational evidence for more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07190-wMethane emission from a very cool brown dwarf, perhaps arising from an aurora, has been detected in James Webb Space Telescope observations. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07298-zStreptomyces are discovered to produce antibacterial protein complexes that selectively inhibit the hyphal growth of related species, a function distinct from that of the more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01015-6A technique called surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy can detect tiny quantities of compounds in solution, but has been difficult to use for quantitative analysis. A more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07293-4Measurements of fly muscle activity using a genetically encoded calcium indicator and high-speed imaging of wing movement were used to construct a model of more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07263-wGenomic studies of Heliconius butterflies provide evidence that Heliconius elevatus is a hybrid species, and that its speciation was driven by introgression of traits more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07274-7Datasets from in situ warming experiments across 28 arctic and alpine tundra sites covering a span of less than 1 year up to 25 years show more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01092-7Wastewater testing grew tremendously during the pandemic. But is it ready to tackle the opioid crisis, air pollution and antibiotic resistance? more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01098-1Virologist Hulda Jónsdóttir studies some of the world’s most pathogenic viruses at the Spiez Laboratory in Switzerland. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07329-9A screen utilizing an environmental DNA library in Escherichia coli is used to identify Brig1, a previously unknown anti-phage defence system with homologues across more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01124-2Government budget includes more money for basic research and notable increases to postgraduate stipends. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00920-0A clear-cut success. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01016-5Bacteria make protein toxins to compete with other bacteria in microbial communities. A study of a common soil bacterium has revealed a previously unknown more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01122-4New research unveils the workings of one of the most complex bio-mechanical structures in the natural world more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01123-3Unusual microbial communities in a person’s lower airways could influence the onset and progression of lung cancer and other conditions, and might point the more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00472-3Countries are cracking down on tobacco use and vaping — the laws could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars, say scientists. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07311-5A study investigates subcellular, single-cell and network-level comunication within the astrocyte network in response to the two major neurotransmitter inputs. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01074-9Static electricity generated by the foot striking the ground can be captured to kill pathogens. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07314-2Lipopolysaccharide-induced breakdown of the blood–brain barrier requires activation of GSDMD-mediated plasma membrane permeabilization and pyroptosis in brain endothelial cells. more
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07317-zSignalling by the developmental morphogen BMP2 through the transcription factor SMAD1 has a key role in controlling the glutamatergic innervation of parvalbumin-expressing interneurons and more
Scientists say it's shaping up to be the worst one yet. more
The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030Greece has become the first country in Europe 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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