Hopefully you'll get some rain and start to see waterlines improve. Until then, I'd contact the local conservation office and ask about seed. It may be a little late for anything but Rye or Triticale but any effort you make now to slow the erosion will pay big dividends in keeping the dirt you removed from the pond from getting back into the bottom. Both of those seeds are pretty inexpensive compared to the grass seed from the local big box store.
Straw wattles, RipRap and silt barriers might help too if you have a spot that gets lots of flow.
I'm a rookie in this new world too. Hardest thing about it has been checking a box as completed and then moving on to the next box to check it as completed too. Definitely a marathon vs a sprint in the pond world.
Good Luck on the project.
