Thanks for the insight. Seems very close to what I was thinking of doing. I have about a 20' drop behind the dam...about 1 acre and if I cut thru the dam then the muck could be pushed back there. I could have the trees pulled down around the pond and dumped back there as well. No trees on the dam...plenty when I bought the place a decade ago but had them all pulled out (roots and all) and the dam repacked. No space to abandon and rebuild elsewhere as the remainder of my property is all old-growth trees and the pond sets about 50 yards behind my new house.
