Wow, thanks for all of the advice guys. I have a lot of work to do.

Speaking of removing it manually, I had pretty good luck with my wet-vac. It's a big one; I put it in the back of my 4 wheeler and with a long attachment, it was quite satisfying watching those big mats of FA go "swoooooosh" lol. I have to dump it a lot, since a lot of water gets sucked up too.

Thanks!

tex