Im seeing lots of pond being dug out around my area. And after watching my 8.5 acre pond evaporate down to less than 1 acre over the past year and a half; I decided on Saturday that it is time call in my contractor "clean out" the upper end and reshape the sides all the way around. I had the pond drained down 8 -10 feet for repairs when the drought started, so it was abnormally low when the drought started. There is not much more than a big mud puddle left now.

My goal is to make sides easier to maintain with a tractor. I think we will be able to push dirt up from the middle of the pond to level out the sides + add some needed depth up on the shallow end. I also plan to push down several trees to use for structure.

It�s also time to clean up a marsh below my dam which is dry for the first time.

Any comments/advice in this endeavor would be appreciated.

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