Cleanup begins for thousands of dead fish in Monmouth County rivers
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 10, 2021, 12:15pm EDT
Heavy equipment has been bought in to clean up the thousands of
dead fish in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers, providing some relief to Long
Branch after weeks of dealing with flies
and a stench.
"It's a great
sign," says Mike Lasko, of Long Branch. "The city of Long Branch is
doing a tremendous job taking care of the cleanup and taking care of this
problem."
Lasko lives next to the
Shrewsbury River, and like other people around the area, they've been dealing