Thanks you guys. We have made a choice to handle the piping first so that we get the water draining off the bottom of the pond, then work on the lime to get the pond water balanced (no need in working on the pond water and then sending it over the spillway)and then work on the forage, all the while working on the run off.
I have plans for this weekend to get a list of items I need to complete our re-piping project. We are thinking that where the valve is at the end of the 6" pipe that comes out from under the dam, adding a short T section with the tee going up vertically. We can conect 6" pipe to that vertical part and run that back up the hill to to the spillway area to the level that we want the pond water to be. We have thought about putting in provisions in that pipe to allow for adjusting water levels at different times of year, as well as shore line managment projects. We would then add another valve directly down from the current valve so that we have the option to drain water at anytime directly from the pipe. As we have now. The current valve would just remain open all the time. Anyone ever stub there toes doing something like this?
Thanks again