Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Selecting a site Second pond?

If you build up the surrounding soil, then won't the water level rise too? My pond is a water table pond, rising and ebbing with the water in the ground. It will vary greatly, I've seen 6' of fluctuation from Spring to Fall. Here's what happens when the water is low: Structure that is placed in the pond is out of the water by the Fall. Areas where the slopes are 3:1 or greater are impossible to walk on without risking sliding and falling. There is a wide band of visible pond bottom around the perimiter of the pond on the areas that are less than 3:1. It was hard getting Marginal plants established and for a pond that is going on 4 years old I'm still not happy with how the shoreline looks compared to a pond where the water level stays static the whole year.