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State completes Ripton dam removal

Multiple agencies and organizations partnered to remove Ripton's Breadloaf Dam and restore a section of Brandy Brook and its flood plain. The free-flowing brook now has space to adjust its size and pattern.

Workers in late August finished removing Ripton’s Breadloaf Dam and restored a section of Brandy Brook and its floodplain.

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