Yes I did talk to Bill and he said the same thing Norm did. The forbs and native warm season grasses around the pond will provide the best upland game bird production as well as bank stabilization and erosion prevention.
He also recommended that we remove all the over-hanging cedars and ash trees that surround a lot of the pond. Even though they provide a wind break they prevent the grasses from growing and the root systems of the trees does not prevent erosion. He told me that the grasses and forbes will work the best and the trees will just erode and fall in.
I had Casey, the guy Im working with, take some pictures of the progress and hopefully will have them posted soon. He told me last night that the construction is moving faster than he expected and there was a crew of 4-5 guys with a lot of machinery working away yesterday. This might get done a little quicker than we anticipated.
