Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat My journey into the depths of pond ownership

Here is the before:


pond january 19 2011 010 by jeffreythree1, on Flickr

and here is after some clearing:


pond january 19 2011 015 by jeffreythree1, on Flickr
There is a section of old dam that sticks out here that we want to turn into a campsite with hopefully a covered deck, but just having it cleared gives us a spot. I only have ~4 hours to work before I need to head home each trip; so one more day ought to knock out the clearing. I need to decide whether to chip the brush or burn it.

Beaver is definitely still there:

Green ash:


pond january 19 2011 011 by jeffreythree1, on Flickr

Willow that I would have had to cut and drag out of the water:


pond january 19 2011 008 by jeffreythree1, on Flickr

And it's home:


pond january 19 2011 006 by jeffreythree1, on Flickr

Apparently we have an algae bloom in progress, the water is a nice shade of green in that last photo.