Government assistance in pond building has been discussed here before, and we have checked into it ourselves for our land. The general consenus is that if you can afford to do it without Uncle Sam. Leave him out of it. Seems that when he wants to pay, he wants to control.
In the programs that we have checked into, we would have to deal with lots of regulations, red tape, inspections... It is better to do it yourself and then you can do it the way you want to. Don't know if that is a possibility, but if you can do it without the government. Dont even consider them.
