It may be that what the guy did was illegal by destroying a wetland as nbell stated.
And there is where there is so much confusion - is it natural? Did he destroy it by removing a spillway? I think originally it was all swampy, then this berm was built to back up part of the swamp to make a pond for horticulture. And if it was illegal, the landowner doesn't care, so could we pursue the issue?
Our big fear at this point is that we do something in ignorance and then find out we violated some serious law.
