Been following you guys for a while now,and thought it would be awfully helpful to join up. My father and I have adjoining properties in which part of the property line (levee) seperates a 7 acre and 10 acre lake. We don't know for certain but judging by some trees in the dam they have to be around 50 yrs old.Seriously thinking about draining, pushing out muck, and fixing levees. Trying to come up with a plan to do it right, and most cost efficient way. My first thoughts are to drain both, then cut/ harvest all timber on and around dams. Take a year or so to rot all stumps in dam, while rebuilding lake bottom (pushing out silt, maybe even deepening some shallow areas.Then hiring the right people to rebuild dam in areas that need it. I have so many questions but if anyone could recommend any pond builders( Central MS), or have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks and sorry for the long post, but my dream is to have this thing redone, manage it, and even lease it out to small group of members since my wife and I live on the property. I realize that financially it may not be possible, but I feel led to give it a shot. thanks