Actually, in my case, it turns out that the gov't may be more help than harm. For no cost to me, I get a couple of engineers on the place for many hours, many good suggestions as to changes or layouts and an engineered dam with blueprints for any decent dozer operator to follow.
It's been pretty long and drawn out but I figure it's probably worth it. They're good people with lots of experience and knowledge. One of my dozer guys says that the folks at the NRCS office here in Louisa county are the best in all of S.E. Iowa and he's worked in about a dozen counties.
