Community Trail Walk

Nov 2, 2024
10:00 AM

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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.

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Nature, Published online: 31 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03535-7Study of 1950s sugar rationing in the United Kingdom also suggests risk to babies whose mums ate a high-sugar diet during pregnancy. more

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Nature, Published online: 31 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03488-xComparison of the hairless animals’ genomes with those of several other mammals shows low activity of certain sequences. more

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Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08133-1Experiments using DNA barcoding for lineage tracing in mouse models of colorectal cancer reveal polyclonal origins of premalignant lesions, with a transition to monoclonality more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03486-zStudy of thousands of people in rural communities shows that many do not experience a slump in well-being during their forties and fifties. more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03491-2A heart attack unleashes immune cells that stimulate sleep neurons, leading to restorative slumber. more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08121-5A strategy using engineered functional customized viral receptors enables the development of functional infection models for coronaviruses whose native cellular receptors are unknown. more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03561-5In the wake of devastating floods in the South of Brazil, researchers are working out how best to help people — plus, what concerns more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08108-2We find that leptin-target neurons expressing basonuclin 2 in the arcuate nucleus that acutely suppress appetite by directly inhibiting agouti-related protein neurons are a more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03507-xNostalgia’s not what it used to be. more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03498-9The current wave of papers from the Human Tumor Atlas Network represents a concerted effort to create multimodal atlases of tumours and their microenvironments, more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03512-0Clinical-trial participants saw their knee pain abate and could engage better with activities that got them up and going. more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08273-4Autoinhibition of dimeric NINJ1 prevents plasma membrane rupture more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03569-xStudies conducted after recent floods in Brazil offer lessons on how to help people facing mental-health challenges after a climate disaster. Plus, laser technology more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08053-0Multicolour lineage tracing and mutagenesis studies in a mouse model show that many intestinal tumours are polyclonal, with multiple clones exhibiting independent Apc mutations more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08087-4Visium spatial transcriptomics, single-nucleus RNA sequencing and co-detection by indexing are used to identify distinct spatial microregions in tumours and their microenvironment across six more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08055-yWe report a late-stage tadpole of the stem-anuran Notobatrachus degiustoi from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia, a finding that has dual importance because it more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08151-zThe dynamics of antigenic variation in extravascular parasite populations using VSG-seq, a high-throughput sequencing approach for profiling variant surface glycoproteins expressed in populations of more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08150-0Colorectal cancer metastasis involves dramatic plasticity and loss of PROX1-mediated repression of non-intestinal lineages. more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08283-2Pharmacologic restoration of GTP hydrolysis by mutant RAS more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08128-yUprooting stem cells from their native environment and transplanting them to other individuals exaggerates selective pressures, distorting and accelerating the loss of clonal diversity more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03472-5In the wake of unprecedented floods that displaced half a million people in southern Brazil, researchers are investigating how to prevent long-term mental trauma more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08131-3Innate IL-17-producing T cells—in particular, adipose γδ17 T cells—are enriched in molecular-clock genes, and the circadian expression of IL-17A and RORγt by these cells more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03495-yIntricate molecular machineries, such as the ESCRT protein complexes, are well known for their ability to cut biological membranes. The discovery that membranes can more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08104-6In Klinefelter syndrome, gene dysregulation due to the extra X chromosome leads to delayed development of fetal germ cells (FGCs), and aberrant interactions between more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03394-2After a heart attack, immune cells are recruited to the brain to induce sleep, which suppresses inflammation in the heart and aids recovery. But more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08096-3Analysis of bedrock elastic deformation using high-resolution observations from 22 Greenland GNSS Network stations shows that the Greenland ice sheet buffers enough summer meltwater more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08062-zLaser spectroscopy measurements of the fermium isotopic chain show a smooth trend in the nuclear size of heavy actinide elements, and diminishing shell effects more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08137-xWe find that RAS-mutant leukaemia stem cells are resistant to venetoclax, driving clinical resistance and relapse with monocytic features. more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07954-4Using a multipurpose, single-cell CRISPR platform, we demonstrate precise timing of tissue-specific cell expansion during mouse embryonic development, unconventional developmental relationships between cell types, more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08112-6An analysis of 38 ancient genomes from the aurochs, the extinct ancestor of modern cattle, provides insight into the population ancestry and domestication of more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08118-0Phonons at the FeSe/STO interface are imaged at atomic scale, uncovering new optical phonon modes that couple strongly with electrons, shedding light on the more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08106-4An estimated area of 215 million hectares has the potential for natural forest regeneration across tropical forested countries and biomes, representing an above-ground carbon sequestration more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08116-2Robust superconductivity is observed in twisted bilayer tungsten diselenide (WSe2) on the verge of Coulomb-induced charge localization around half-band filling and zero external displacement more

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08279-yEndogenous self-peptides guard immune privilege of the central nervous system more

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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.

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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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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, 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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