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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 letter signed by mayors and local leaders across 39 states is calling on Congress to protect all clean energy tax credits made available to state and local governments, which more
Budget plans emerging from Virginia’s state House and Senate, both controlled by Democrats, would appropriate $25 million for ongoing Hurricane Helene relief efforts in southwest Virginia. But the source of more

Government cranks handle again for group owning Yorkshire power plant because cheaper generating capacity not in placeUK halves subsidies for Drax and says it must use 100% sustainable woodSurprise, surprise, more

The return of the floating structures shows the resilience of illegal gold mining in the Amazon, which destroys the riverbeds and contaminates the water with mercury. more

The findings shed light on a deeply mysterious part of Earth that is key to life on our planet. more

The critically endangered European eel population is facing collapse in Spain’s Ebro Delta, where populations have plummeted by more than 80% in recent years, according to a new study. The more

ADRÉ, Chad — In the dry and windswept plains of the Adré refugee camp in eastern Chad, a grove of young neem trees stands as a testament to resilience and more

Secondhand market thrived as sales of new EVs also reached highest levels to date, SMMT trade body saysBusiness live – latest updatesA record number of used electric vehicles (EVs) were more
A new study links devastating summer floods in southern China to unusually warm spring weather over the Tibetan plateau.Read more on E360 → more

A surge in “helicopter tourism” at Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount Everest, is adversely affecting the local community and wildlife, reports Mongabay contributor Shashwat Pant. Helicopters have previously only more

Insurers blame ‘significant and consistent bad weather’ after year of 12 named stormsInsurers paid out a record £585m for weather-related damage to homes and possessions in Britain last year, after more

PADER DISTRICT, Uganda — As the early morning mist lifts over the plains of northern Uganda, women gather at the Pader Shea Nut and Agro-processing Society’s nursery. Grown from seeds more

In December 2024, Ecuador completed a debt-for-nature swap to support Amazon conservation through the creation of the Amazon Biocorridor. While this provides economic relief, Amazonian leaders contend they were not more

On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappearsIt was early July when more
As the market for renewables in Texas continues to strengthen and innovate, the power makeup of the state’s electric grid is slated to keep shifting toward adding more renewables. Last more
Katie McCullough loved Arizona winters, but hot summers could be a drag. After purchasing a recreational vehicle, she spent time trekking cross-country to deliver shelter dogs to a no-kill rescue. more

Big cats, birds, primates and pangolins were among the nearly 20,000 threatened or protected animals rescued in a recent global operation against wildlife and forestry traffickers. Led by Interpol and more
Ice fishing anglers could help fill in a data gap on how thick the ice is. more

The government has agreed a new subsidy arrangement with the controversial wood-burning Drax power station in north Yorkshire. more

The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols and a crackdown on fishing boatsMore than 1,100 dead olive ridley sea turtles more

A South African court in January sentenced four poachers to several years in prison for two separate crimes committed in Kruger National Park (KNP). The Skukuza Regional Court, which in more

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Nature, Published online: 10 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00175-3Lambda Agri chief executive Monica Saavedra describes funding strategies and the circumstances leading to the company changing strategic direction. more
Nature, Published online: 10 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00398-4Scientists identify nine genetic variants that could have helped a man avoid dementia at least two decades longer than expected. more
Nature, Published online: 10 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00407-6A book on human morality claims that although liberals and conservatives prioritize different victims, mutual understanding is still possible. more
Nature, Published online: 10 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00436-1The ruling temporarily halts a policy slashing research overhead costs in 22 states, which filed a lawsuit against the biomedical agency. more
Nature, Published online: 10 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00395-7Earthquakes ringing through the planet illuminate how its heart is transforming. more
Nature, Published online: 10 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08707-7Author Correction: A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape more
Nature, Published online: 10 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00408-5Three-dimensional maps of glacier surfaces across Greenland reveal that cracks are growing rapidly where land ice meets the sea — and climate change is more
Nature, Published online: 10 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00157-5Biologist Tatsuya Amano works to make science a fairer place for non-fluent speakers. more
Nature, Published online: 10 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00409-4When Ho Thi Thanh Van isn’t creating materials for fuel cells, she is cultivating traditional medicines. more

On this day in 2020 the worst of the massive bushfires finally went out – but Australia had little time to grieve as the Covid pandemic took hold. Five years more

The company ended its collaboration with the city in New York after completing the electrification of only 10 buildings. more

Exclusive: Health experts and cancer charities say findings should serve as wake-up call to ministersMore than 1,100 people a year in the UK are developing the most prevalent form of more

There’s no point trying to make plans around the whims of Trump. The PM instead needs to turn to EuropeTo Elon Musk, I say this! To perform one Nazi salute more
For over a quarter century, a female grizzly bear roamed the terrain around Grand Teton National Park, giving visitors a spectacular look at the life of one of the most more
SHILOH COMMUNITY, Ala.—Pastor Timothy Williams didn’t hold back as he stood in front of his home in late January, just days after the inauguration of a new presidential administration. His more

Heading off the environmental crisis and growing the economy are not at odds. They are two sides of a coin – as our politicians should realiseIf you care about the more

Keir Starmer’s rhetoric against green campaigners appears to have taken a playground turn Before the last election, in what was billed as his “most personal interview yet”, Keir Starmer said: more

Leading climate group warns of damage to green agenda if giant project goes aheadKeir Starmer will do huge damage to the global fight against climate change if he gives in more

Resilience is wearing thin in the town, with business owners facing mass booking cancellations and insurers turning their backsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news more

On 10 January, as fires raged across Los Angeles, local portrait artist Asher Bingham made an offer via an Instagram reel: “ To anyone that has lost a home in more

The Siċaŋġu Nation in South Dakota is building community and climate resilience through traditional foodsOn a Wednesday summer evening on the Rosebud Reservation, members of the Siċaŋġu Nation arrange 12 more

State officials recently unveiled a broad home energy-efficiency and electrification program, but it’s unclear whether the Trump administration will block funding. more
Near Jenkinsville, South Carolina, dirt roads lead to half-constructed nuclear reactors that have been sitting idle since 2017. The failed nuclear plant is one of the state’s most notorious energy more
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with John Hagan, president of Our Climate Common. In the remote northern half more
Five of the Democratic candidates in New York City’s mayoral race committed at a forum Thursday night to shut down a controversial gas power plant in Brooklyn, fund composting programs more

Mixed-income affordable housing can cut emissions and boost equity, they argue. more

The Amazon is renowned for its cultural diversity, particularly the ethnic diversity of its Indigenous nations, but also the cultural traditions of numerous other distinctive groups that have migrated into more
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One dedicated Facebook group now has almost 20,000 members, attracted by sea life found just metres from Port Phillip Bay’s shoreGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news more

PADER DISTRICT, Uganda — In northern Uganda’s Pader district, farmers are working to preserve agricultural landscapes that have fed their communities for generations. These shea parklands, where carefully maintained trees more

Restoring degraded land around the world would cost a fraction of a percent of global GDP to fund, a new study shows, but the inequitable distribution of restoration needs means more

“I remember my grandfather telling me about the macaws in this region. So, it’s impossible not to smile seeing them back. We know where they sleep and feed, so every more

Pfas and microplastics lurk everywhere – from pots and pans to storage containers and utensils. These simple changes are a first step in reducing them quicklySign up for the Detox more

Using only fins, divers wild-harvest abalone off eastern Australia’s coast. The marine snail, known for its beautiful iridescent shell but sought for its meat, is a fishery worth more than more

Blood Timber, a Mongabay series on illegal logging and cattle ranching in the eastern Brazilian Amazon, has received an honorable mention at the recent Banrisul ARI Journalism Award, a prize more

From the glacial fjords of Chilean Patagonia to the beaches and mountains of Baja California, Hispanic America, representing Spanish-speaking countries in South and Central America and the Caribbean, is a more

After 23 days of protests, Indigenous groups and teachers in the Brazilian state of Pará have successfully pressured Governor Helder Barbalho to revoke a controversial education law that favored online more

What’s new: Cities experiencing warmer temperatures, fewer green spaces and denser human populations are seeing a rise in rat numbers, a recent study shows. What the study says: Jonathan Richardson, more

A badger glancing at a gun-wielding graffiti version of itself has won the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. British photographer more

After a Chinese export ban, can America get gallium and germanium from Canada — or will tariffs get in the way? more

From renewables to EVs to workforce training, the state's journey toward decarbonization has "a long way to go and a short time to get there." more

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The Public Accounts Committee warns the government of gambling public money on carbon capture. more

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

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The Philippines’ western island province of Palawan tops tourists’ bucket lists for its picturesque main destination, El Nido. This small fishing town of 50,000 residents is located within the larger more

A new study has found a dramatic increase in levels of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) in human brains in recent years. MNPs have previously been detected in human lungs, intestine, more
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00428-1What’s behind the mantis shrimp’s powerful punch? Plus, six ways to cultivate allyship for a diverse, equitable and inclusive academia. more
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00396-6The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a huge funder of biomedical research, has cut a $60-million initiative to boost diversity in science education. more
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00317-7In episode 2 of What's in a name we look how choosing names can help, or hinder, attempts to communicate important messages. more
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00326-6The apes can tailor their communications to account for a human partner’s level of knowledge. more
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00374-yThe mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages. more
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00392-wResearchers who investigate highly-politicized topics can face harassment, others for their race, gender identity or disability. Two scientists share their stories. more
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00406-7The company’s AlphaGeometry2 reaches the level of gold-medal students in the International Mathematical Olympiad. more
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00391-xAndrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. more
Nature, Published online: 07 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00372-0The American Society for Microbiology deleted terms such as equity from its website, sparking protests from members. more

The government wants to make it quicker and easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales. more

Scientists say it is unclear how many more earthquakes will come to the idyllic Greek island. more
A person’s ability to focus on everyday tasks is affected by short-term exposure to air pollution, a study has found.Read more on E360 → more

Ayuuk leader Arnoldo Nicolás Romero, a municipal commissioner of the Buena Vista ejido in San Juan Guichicovi, a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, was found dead more

On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking chapter more

January 2025 was the warmest January on record, surpassing the previous record set by January 2024, according to satellite data from the EU’s Copernicus program. The findings were unexpected as more

NAIROBI ― Introduced to East Africa in 1891, in Zanzibar, to deal with domestic food waste, Indian house crows are now wreaking havoc in Kenya: killing native small birds, likely more

Vietnam and China, the two largest markets for traditional medicine (TM) that uses wild plants and animals, announced a new partnership in January to adopt practices that protect wildlife while more

Concerns raised as $10bn Bezos Earth Fund halts funding for Science Based Targets initiative, which monitors companies’ decarbonisationJeff Bezos’s $10bn climate and biodiversity fund has halted its funding of one more

Thirty-five members of the European Parliament are calling on the International Monetary Fund to renegotiate its funding to Madagascar that could support two highway projects expected to cut across the more

The phrase taps into a cultural vein that runs as deep as America's fossil fuels. more

Other states may soon follow suit. more

Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those emissions by 70 percent. more
The war in Gaza has taken a heavy toll on the environment, with water supplies contaminated, raw sewage pouring into the Mediterranean, once-fertile soils ruined, and the land stripped of more

Dylan Cooper and Cory Kerewaro from Reptile Relocation Sydney have removed 102 red-bellied black snakes from a single mulch pile on a property in western Sydney. Upon arrival they had more

JAKARTA — The Indonesian government is targeting protected forest areas as part of its plan to convert 20 million hectares (50 million acres) of forest into “food and energy estates,” more

January was expected to be cooler than the same month last year, but was 0.1C warmer, which experts are struggling to explain. more

LELILEF SAWAI, Indonesia — Hernemus Takuling’s life in this coastal village has changed ever since construction began on the Weda Bay Industrial Park, which borders Lelilef Sawai, home to around more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00422-7People begin to move in vortices in densely packed crowds. Plus, the scientists who kept research alive in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas conflict. more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00385-9Abrupt changes to programmes including USAID inhibit global efforts to stop diseases such as HIV, malaria and more, say researchers. more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00377-9The model produces cited, pages-long reports that might be helpful for generating literature reviews. more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08713-9Granzyme K activates the entire complement cascade more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00376-wDrug companies are trialling a host of medications that they hope will offer benefits beyond weight loss. more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00325-7A Copper Age burial in Spain holds the largest collection of beads ever found ― enough to require a tonne of shellfish as raw more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00386-8Insights from probing the shock-absorbing layer within the crustacean’s club-like claw could inspire the design of tough new materials. more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00209-wA five-step guide to communicating your science ethically and accurately. more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00237-6Process turns out eggs with delectable texture and high nutritional value. more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00363-1Two brain regions work together when mice learn to override the instinct to run and hide from a potential threat. more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00160-wResearchers in Gaza tell Nature of ‘unwavering commitment to education and knowledge’ as most universities lie damaged or destroyed. more
Nature, Published online: 06 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00375-xMicrobes that reside peaceably in the nasal passageways and on the skin can be harnessed for taking drugs to target cells. more

A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces. more
As the planet warms, Nigerian farmers are looking to breed cattle that can take the heat, importing semen from a Brazilian breed suited to balmy tropical weather. Read more on more

Here’s why that matters. more

Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution. more

“Policymakers and the public and communities need good information to make the best policy decision, whatever that is." more

The Built Environment Committee says the concept has been "eclipsed" by other planning rule changes. more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08502-wChildren who learn maths working in markets and children who learn maths only from school were both unable to transfer their skills to new more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08504-8HYPOMAP integrates single-nucleus RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomic data to create a comprehensive spatio-cellular map of the human hypothalamus. more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08380-2By etching cavities into a thin lubricant spacer and encapsulating it with functional flakes, electric and mechanical switching of single-crystal, van der Waals stacking more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00335-5Electronic health records and tumour-genome profiling offer promising real-world data with which to model cancer outcomes. Models built by using artificial intelligence (AI) to more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00292-zSearch engines, GPS maps and other tech can alter our ability to learn and remember. Now scientists are working out what AI might do. more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00373-zStudying crowd dynamics could inform strategies that help to prevent dense gatherings from becoming dangerous. more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00382-yMillennia-old genomes suggest Indo–European tongues originated from the Caucasus mountain region. more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08353-5A programmable quantum simulator based on Rydberg atom arrays is used to study the collective dynamics of a quantum phase transition and observe the more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08531-5Ancient DNA reveals how the explosive expansion of Yamnaya steppe pastoralists began with a small community north of the Black Sea speaking ancestral Indo-European, more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08500-yViral sequencing reveals subclinical infections in animals challenged with simian immunodeficiency virus even in the presence of potent neutralizing antibodies, with implications for clinical more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08437-2Combining Indigenous insights with neuroscience methods through Two-Eyed Seeing can broaden the understanding of brain function and mental wellbeing by merging reductionist and holistic more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00384-wScientists studying the controversial 'running of the bulls' discover unique crowd movements they hope could prevent overcrowding deaths more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08385-xA millihertz frequency X-ray quasi-periodic oscillation has been observed near the innermost orbit of an actively accreting supermassive black hole and its frequency has more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08387-9A multilayer-stacked two-dimensional polyaniline crystal shows high electrical conductivity and unique out-of-plane metallic transport behaviour, indicating potential for strong electronic coupling beyond in-plane interactions more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00311-zDo mathematical skills that children acquire in the classroom transfer to real-world settings — and vice versa? Evidence from five large groups of children more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00294-xA fossil found in South Africa 100 years ago provides insights into the emergence of a crucial — and unusual — life stage. more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08514-6Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00308-8In a phase I clinical trial, nine adults with kidney cancer were treated with a personalized cancer vaccine that targets neoantigens (mutant proteins expressed more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08444-3Measurements of the superfluid stiffness in twisted trilayer graphene reveal unconventional nodal-gap superconductivity, where the superconducting transition is controlled by phase fluctuations rather than more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08398-6PELO–HBS1L and SKI complexes in the human mRNA quality control pathway exhibit a synthetic lethal interaction and may represent novel targets for the development more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00381-zResearch also shows that skills don’t transfer in the other direction either — plus, a new study of crowd movements could help prevent tragedy. more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08507-5A phase I trial of a neoantigen-targeting personalized cancer vaccine led to durable and polyfunctional T cell responses and antitumour recognition, and was associated more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00057-8A superconducting state can be induced in a twisted carbon-based material, but it can’t be described with conventional theory. A technique using high-frequency circuits more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08506-6Experiments in infected mice and tissue-mimicking chemostats show that resilience of Salmonella against antimicrobial compounds is largely a result of starvation-induced general resilience rather more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08429-2A state-level analysis of the impact of enhanced weathering deployment on carbon sequestration on agricultural land suggests that enhanced weathering could help the USA more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08547-xThis study uncovers a highly conserved jumbo phage protein, Imp1, that possesses multiple interfaces to license protein import into a proteinaceous nucleus-like compartment, using more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08511-9Two distinct patterns in the protective effect of natural infection against reinfection in the Omicron variant versus pre-Omicron eras show that SARS-CoV-2 immune protection more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08501-xOchre, a strain of Escherichia coli engineered to have a single stop codon, enables reassignment of four codons for non-degenerate functions, such as incorporation more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08401-0The concept of using hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks triggered by non-invasive focused ultrasound for programmable drug activation is explored and demonstrated practically with the designer more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00389-5The first pig-organ transplant trial in humans has been approved. Plus, the internet doesn't affect our memories, but AI might. more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00282-1A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity. more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08384-yInterfering water waves can be tailored to realize topological structures, namely wave vortices, skyrmions and polarization Möbius strips, that can be used to manipulate more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08369-xObservations of the Phoenix cluster using the James Webb Space Telescope reveal rapid cooling in galaxy cluster cores, driven by black hole jets, with more
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08494-7Research on superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene reveals unconventional behaviour, an anisotropic gap and a significant role of quantum geometry, using combined d.c. 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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Community Trail Walk & Volunteer Day (Spring Cleanup)- March 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Birdhouse Building Event/Community Nature Walk April 5, 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Birdwatching & Nature Walk with Don Torino (Bergen County Audubon Society)-April 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Canoe Day, Birdhouses/Birdfeeder Building, Beekeeper, Earth Day/Arbor Day-April 2025
Demarest Duck Pond
Marc Gussen School Field Trips- May 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Native Plant Day at Dekorte Park in Meadowlands- May 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Community Trail Walk & Nature Trails Day (Improve Trails)-June 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
Birdwatching & Nature Walk with Don Torino (Bergen County Audubon Society)-Nov 2025
DNC- Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)
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 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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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, 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.