Welcome to the forum futuresweets10! "The Perfect Pond, Want One" book is a must have for any current/future pond owner as esshup referenced. I wouldn't recommend daming up a creek either, as you may have unwanted guests and its really hard to know if you have successfully eradicated everything in it, some of which may cause you problems down the road, so I would also steer clear of that idea. Glad to see another person in Mississippi.
