Finally decided to bite the bullet and try to solve my leaking pond/dam issue by building an additional dam and flooding the old dam and pond and making one larger pond approx 6 acres or so. Thought I would post some pics to show the progress or on some days lack of progress.
Google Earth View - Before project Started

Day 1 -- Not a good start

View from Dam 1 toward existing pond and toward new pond site


Work progresses -- stripping top soil - working on core...






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more to come...