FishingRod - IMO provides several good ideas. A shallow mucky pond is loaded with problems that will not be cheap to fix. Ponds are collection basins of everything that entered and enters that basin. Nature's goal is to fill in in with muck to create a wetlands and eventually dry land. This is called "aquatic succession". It may take 100's of years, however it now has a good start to continue toward the goal.


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America's Journal of Pond Management