Hello All, New to this forum and to pond control. Full disclosure our pond is more of a marsh but never the less I am hoping that someone can give some ideas on how to help us control water levels. I live in North Iowa 1/4 mile upstream from a Lake. Our 10 acre marsh varies in depth from a few inches to 1'-2' with another 1'-2' of mud depending on the time of the year. We have had some draught ridden springs lately and into the summer months where our marsh nearly dries up.
We have a natural levee that separates the marsh from the ditch that empties in downstream into a larger marsh and lake. There is a 15'-20' opening in the levee that empties into the ditch. I would like to build something simple such as a dam or barrier to help keep our water level up during the summer months and especially into fall for waterfowl season.
The pictures show the opening right after the county removed a beaver dam in the ditch. The water level was roughly 8" higher than what the picture shows when the dam was in. Currently the water level is another 6"8" lower than that.
Initial Ideas - I was wondering if simple pounding in some unistrut or C-channel into the ground and sliding 2'x12' into the slots would help or if there are other options out there that can be achieved by walking. We are unable to get any equipment over there to simply rebuild the levee. Again were only looking at impacting the water level 10"-16" before it breaches the "levee". Thanks!
