Our local NRCS office was invaluable for us in doing our pond. They do both hands-on and classroom pond building, pond management, and dry hydrant seminars that we attended and learned a lot at. One agent loves to do ponds more than anything else and did our overflow pipe, spillway, and other calculations. He showed up all the time during excavation, which was great since it was the first pond for both ourselves and our excavator (no leaks on the dam ever, thanks to Dan Blatter!).


"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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