Thanks for all the help so far. I have been doing a little work with the excavator trying to clean up some of the trees growing on the dam. I also thought it was a good idea to try and clean up the inside of the banks, but feel like I'm making some of them worse instead of better. Of course will all the dirt work the pond is not pretty muddy with no viability.

One thing I discovered it the dam leaks a little. You cannot see any moving water, but there is a place that stays wet on the backside. I was told the water level was lowered about 2-3 feet a few years ago to help slow the leak, but nothing was done to fix it. Do I have any options to correct the problem?