Category Archives: Takanassee
Water Testing at Takanassee and Ross Lakes in LB
August 27 2019
July 8 2019
August 27 2019
Monmouth University’s Big Event at Tak Trestle
Tak Lake and Ross Lake’s stone hut get loving care
We had two great events on this beautiful day; one began at the Tak Trestle Trail where sorority women from Monmouth University helped us pick up trash along the lake and on the trail as part of their community service Big Event Day. Thank you all for a great job. Rich Richardson from the Monmouth County Clean Communities provided the truck, gloves, sticks, garbage bags and guidance.
Meanwhile, back at Ross Lake, our extraordinary volunteers and trustees managed to cover up the stone hut using two giant tarps, ropes and stakes provided by the Urban Coast Institute. Ken Manzi, our stone mason, provided the guidance and the tarps went up perfectly, as you can see in the videos below.
Here you can see one of our boatman ferrying the platform back to a safe docking station. Certainly a day to remember.
At the same time, other volunteers were working in the Ross Island Park garden. They did a fantastic job of moving wood chips and beautifying the north west corner of the garden.
We made things better today on the watershed. Thanks.
Tak beach on a cold May day
Tak Lake looks really low.
Unconfined wood on the beach from flume demolition.
Debris on the banks of Green’s Pond.
Very pretty view looking east from top of pipe where the flume was located.
New dam under construction.
Tak beach update: wood washed into the jetty
The first picture was taken today from the high water line looking west towards the flume. The picture below it was taken Dec 27 looking east from the flume. 
The creosote wood at Tak beach is no longer visible
The wood is no longer visible at Tak beach. There is one dumpster with wood pieces. It is gratifying to know that a call to 877-warnDEP really does work. Thanks to Laura Fonde, Office of Emergency Management, Bureau of Emergency Response for alerting Dave Sorenson, Monmouth County Health Department. He went to the site and requested that the wood be removed immediately. We also received a call from the DEP Coastal Enforcement Office, Michelle Kropilak who said DEP inspectors will be there again tomorrow to check the site.
Thanks to all the people in this community who showed that you care about our watershed.
Takanassee Lake Dam
We had two clean-ups at the Tak Trestle Trail this past month. We noticed the water in the lake was very low.
We went to look at the dam and this is what we saw.
The water is flowing unencumbered through the dam.
Takanassee Beach, Long Branch – A pile of creosote soaked logs
We received a call today to go down to Tak beach and see what is going on there. A surfer called a friend so I called some friends and we went to look. This is what we saw:
These creosote soaked pieces of wood are all over the beach and in the water.
They might come from this big pile of wood which stinks of creosote.
Some of it may come from the dismantling of the flume.
This is the Whale Pond Brook flowing into the ocean where the flume used to be.
If you see something that you think may not be right, don’t hesitate to call 877 warnDEP.
Dead swan
This is what we saw when we first arrived at the Tak Trestle trail……a swan with a broken neck. Who would be so cruel to these beautiful birds? If you see anyone abusing our beautiful feathered friends or any animal, please contact the Monmouth County SPCA Humane Police Chief:
800-582-5979 or if immediate emergency: call 732-542-0040.
Don’t hold back, just do it…make the call.