I started early since there's some rain on the way. I laid two cinder blocks in the creek channel and placed another pair on top which are anchored into the banks with 4' sections of rebar. There's a pair of steel fence posts in the two center holes of all 4 blocks. I'll reinforce the upstream side with bricks and cover the downstream side with the bricks, gravel and rock I can get. As is it backed up amost 6" of water and allows a small trickle to pass through - it should be pretty decent at slowing the water down when all said and done.
Here is how you transport cinderblocks down a steep hill to the pond where motorized equipment cannot access
