No, JKB, I don't know what I am doing, and I will tread (or bush whack) with caution. However, I am relatively sure that a shrub swamp, although providing wonderful eco-environments for wildlife, can do even better with a little clear water... should help to encourage waterfowl and humans. Anyway - I will need a little access to dump in the minnows. Can't really throw them for 10 feet back and assume they will fall in the pond rather than get caught in the branches.
I will be looking up the wetland consultants listed on the website I found, and we never intended to clear the whole swamp.....