Triple "Wow", Jersey...
My first post on this forum about 5 months ago was to find a place to cry in my soup about how much a 4 - 5 acre pond was going potentially cost. I had just gotten a $15k invoice for clearing thick timber and prep'ing the pondsite...it seemed a little stiff. With all due respect, I feel a little better now.
May I be so bold as to request a briefing of the peripheral details that could possibly run a tab that high? I do recall your issues and headaches with the ACoE...presumably a source of $ woe?