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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First Moon samples collected in nearly 50 years and loaned by China for the first time are now in the UK. more
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A Mongabay feature on Indigenous-led reforestation efforts in southeastern Brazil’s Atlantic Forest has been longlisted for the environmental reporting category of the 2025 One World Media Awards, a leading journalism more
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A new study says 99.999% of the world’s deep seafloor is still unseen by humans. more
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Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08974-4Some cancer cells exhibit high loads of reactive iron in lysosomes, and this feature is exploited by using fentomycin-1, a newly developed small molecule, more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01136-6Mutations in RAS enzymes commonly drive cancer. Targeting an overlooked protein complex that works with RAS offers a fresh avenue to cancer therapy. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08960-wThe physical organization of the genome in non-bilaterian animals and their closest unicellular relatives is characterized; comparative analysis shows chromatin looping is a conserved more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08863-wIntroducing spin–orbit coupling by substrate proximity effect leads to an enhancement of superconducting phases in rhombohedral trilayer graphene. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08962-8Imaging and optogenetics in mice provide insight into the interplay between the primary motor cortex and the motor thalamus during learning, showing that thalamic more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09082-zAuthor Correction: Matrix-producing neutrophils populate and shield the skin more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01371-xFive gene clusters have been integrated into the bacterium Vibrio natriegens to engineer a strain that can remediate five organic pollutants — toluene, phenol, more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01432-1Sample-enlarging trick helps researchers to untangle brain connectivity using readily available equipment. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01417-0Young people will be exposed to a number of heatwaves that no one would have experienced in pre-industrial times. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01441-0A nineteen-year-old has become the first person to undergo a ‘third nostril’ surgery to remove a spinal tumour. Plus, generations of cold-water diving has more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01411-6An executive order suspends the use of federal funds for certain experiments on pathogens with pandemic potential. Critics say low-risk science could be affected more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01408-13D structure of the tongue’s sweet-sensing protein could guide future food designs. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08958-4A study of the cooperative breeding behaviour of superb starlings during 40 consecutive breeding seasons over 20 years reveals long-term reciprocal helping between both more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01374-8A 20-year field study of the African superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) found striking evidence that birds often switch breeding roles from year to year more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08955-7Ancestral reconstruction together with molecular dating of the last Asgard archaea and eukaryote common ancestor suggest that eukaryotes arose from the fusion of a more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09086-9Publisher Correction: Stress dynamically modulates neuronal autophagy to gate depression onset more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08983-3A critically low abundance of older herring due to age-selective fisheries resulted in an approximately 800-km poleward shift in main spawning. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01389-1The Advanced Research and Invention Agency is investing £57 million to study climate-manipulating technologies, but says it is taking a cautious approach. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08931-1A study of dependencies associated with cancer-causing mutations has identified a small molecule that binds to SHOC2 and inhibits RAS signalling in cells carrying more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01433-0Removal of experienced fish results in younger members not knowing migration routes — plus, how AI companion apps may affect our mental health. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08957-5Approach versus avoidance responses are driven by D1 and D2 neurons in the ventral hippocampus. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01061-8By considering the central statement of your entire PhD, you can structure your writing around it, says Tuuli Toivonen. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08952-wA set of neurons in the peri-locus coeruleus region controls arousal and avoidance states, providing an understanding of the neurobiological basis of arousal and more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01386-4The Haenyeo divers of the Korean island of Jeju have a genetic variant linked to pain tolerance, as do other people living on Jeju. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08969-1Activity in the striatum is necessary for trial-to-trial improvements in learning sensory–motor tasks but not memory recall. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01347-xThe country’s publication policies should balance the need to promote science locally with the benefits of disseminating research internationally. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08973-5A large-scale multi-omics analysis reports oncogenic alterations that drive medulloblastoma progression, rather than initiation, and the findings show how single-cell technologies can be used more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01385-5At sufficiently high concentrations, some of the compounds called per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances self-organize into two-layered membranes. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08985-1A technique called LICONN (light-microscopy-based connectomics) allows mapping of brain tissue at synapse level and simultaneous measurement of molecular information, thus enabling quantification of more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01350-2Momentum is building for PROTAC treatments that eliminate disease-causing proteins, including those responsible for difficult-to-treat childhood cancers. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08867-6To increase the efficiency, brightness and stability of next-generation light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the microstructure of CsPbI3-xBrx metal-halide perovskite, a good pure-red emitter, was altered more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08971-7A technique called condense-seq has been developed to measure nucleosome condensability and used to show that mononucleosomes contain sufficient information to condense into large-scale more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08947-7A synthetic biology approach was used to engineer Vibrio natriegens into a strain capable of bioremediating complex organic pollutants in saline wastewater and soils, more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01380-wA report detailing how climate inaction will consign people born today to a lifetime of weather extremes must awaken a sense of responsibility. more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08942-yLysosomal phospholipase PLA2G15 was identified as a physiological BMP hydrolase whose activity depends on unique esterification and stereochemistry of BMP and offers a potential more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08900-8Model simulations show that the observed trends in the seasonal amplitude of methane can be attributed to changes in emissions and the atmospheric sink more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08959-3The superconductivity in Bernal bilayer graphene that emerges from the spin–orbit coupling induced by proximal tungsten diselenide can be tuned by modulating the twist more
Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01338-yA fluorescence-microscopy method for tracing neuronal connections in the brain could make connectomics studies more widely accessible for neuroscientists. more
A biotech company in the United States made headlines last month by revealing photos of genetically modified gray wolves, calling them “dire wolves,” a species that hasn’t existed for more more
Sir David says his new film Ocean is one of the most important of his career. more
A coalition of organizations has assessed how locally produced maps stack up against global open-access data sets to evaluate deforestation in the context of cocoa production. The assessment will be more
Political pressures may have driven the federal agency to backtrack on its decision to suspend automated weather translations. more
A new paper paints a grim picture for the future of fishing communities in the Gulf of Guinea along coastal West Africa. Faced with increasing ocean warming and declining fish more
BOGOTÁ — Logs float downstream in long lines on the murky waters of the Atrato River in the depths of the Pacific rainforests of Colombia’s Chocó department. With few roads, more
Trade in uncertified hardwood illegally logged in Chocó rainforest and imported by US and Europe is financing paramilitaries, says Environmental Investigation AgencyThe Atrato River winds through the dense rainforest of more
Last month, 48 animals — including endangered species like Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus), greater adjutant storks (Leptoptilos dubius) and Bengal slow lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) — were found to be more
After hiding underground for the last 17 years, billions of cicadas will take to the skies this summer, from Tennessee to Cape Cod. Read more on E360 → more
According to a new report by Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, some 42,000 jobs are now at risk, as Republicans consider repealing IRA tax credits to pay for President Trump’s proposed more
People in Asia are exposed to levels up to six times higher than their counterparts in the West. more
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01407-2Team scoops US$60,000 prize for identifying a Greek work on vices from scans of a 2,000-year-old papyrus charred by volcanic eruption. more
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01349-9Studies suggest benefits as well as harms from digital companion apps — but scientists worry about long-term dependency. more
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01422-3Researchers fed an artificial-intelligence model called Foresight with anonymized data from a huge swathe of patients in England’s National Health Service. more
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01379-3Bringing together proponents of rival theories to test their ideas against each other can advance science — but only if all sides can accept more
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01207-8Researchers and administrators are exploring ways to restructure a rigid hierarchy that can breed power abuses. more
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01348-wThere’s no mystery to innovation and economic growth; the US must nurture its scientists or find out the hard way. more
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09074-zMolecular basis of SIFI activity in the integrated stress response more
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01403-6Next CERN collider has community input more
Nature, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09073-0Naturally ornate RNA-only complexes revealed by cryo-EM 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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