SUN JOURNAL • July 20, 2025
There is now evidence that a multiyear effort to raise the water level on Tripp Pond is the work of humans, not beavers as some had argued. Surveillance photos taken July 3 and again July 9 show two men in an aluminum boat appearing to work on an artificial dam at the Winterbrook outlet. The photos are the clearest evidence yet that people are manipulating the water flow in Tripp Pond, a subject that has deeply divided the lake’s community.