Takanassee cleanup


Jim Nickels, of Monmouth University’s Urban Coastal Institute, makes his way along Lake Takanassee’s Ross Island in Long Branch during a cleanup on Sept. 17. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Jim Nickels, of Monmouth University’s Urban Coastal Institute, makes his way along Lake Takanassee’s Ross Island in Long Branch during a cleanup on Sept. 17. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
Monmouth University botanist and ecologist Pedram Daneshgar (l-r), Laurel Vongerichten and Faith Teitelbaum identify plants on Ross Island during the cleanup sponsored by the Whale Pond Brook Watershed Association and NJ Friends of Clearwater. Monmouth University botanist and ecologist Pedram Daneshgar (l-r), Laurel Vongerichten and Faith Teitelbaum identify plants on Ross Island during the cleanup sponsored by the Whale Pond Brook Watershed Association and NJ Friends of Clearwater.
Volunteer Suzan Cole clears debris and invasive plants from the island and shoreline. Volunteer Suzan Cole clears debris and invasive plants from the island and shoreline.