I forgot I even posted this topic way back in February. I am way behind in fixing the pond and have not even addressed all of the problems yet: watermeal, beavers, leaks, 18 inches of muck, old drainpipe. I'm still thinking of draining the pond and having someone bulldoze it out and hopefully fix the problems. While I haven't put a lot of effort into it I still haven't found someone to do the work yet.