Wesley Lake muck at the west end. Paul Goldfinger photograph March, 2017. ©
Wesley Lake bridge over dirty waters. Paul Goldfinger photo ©
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.
The Wesley Lake cleanup is a fine gesture, but it is essentially cosmetic and useless in terms of the fundamental problems that have been identified regarding the pollution of the Lake. This event consists of some kids and adults spending 3 hours picking up trash lying around the edges of the Lake.
One boat will be out on the Lake to try to do something about floating debris. This event is run by one of the OG members of the Wesley Lake Commission who also wears a hat representing the Friends of Wesley Lake.
If you want to know more about the serious issues facing the Lake’s ecology, just do a Blogfinger search in the box above and type in “Wesley Lake.”
And here is a link to our latest post on this subject:
Wesley Lake at a crossroads. May, 2017 BF post
THE STANDELLS: “Dirty Water” This song was suggested by Interlocutor. It’s by a Boston rock band that is referring to the dirty water in the River Charles, but it can rub elbows with Blogfinger as we talk about the dirty water in Wesley Lake (minus the “frustrated women, the muggers, and the thieves.”)
You would think the Neptune Twp. Committee would learn from history.
Asbury Park built housing along the north side of the lake in the 80’s
WITHOUT the necessary capacity to capture run-off pollution.
What are Ocean Grove “north end” developers doing to prevent
the problem on the lake’s south side ?
If Neptune Twp. Committee members have not learned the lesson,
maybe someone could effectively teach them.