I guess I'm fortunate. I get along good with my neighbors and I think the folks that are causing trouble are the ones that drive by and see the water dumping into the ditch. So they think it's their duty to call various government agencies.

My one neighbor plows snow from my driveway before I get a chance to. He also was very understanding of a wet spot I created on his property which was caused by one of my ponds. Said it was no big deal even though his mower was driving through mud. I did take care of it and told him it was not right he had to drive his mower in mud. He still insisted it was no big deal! I also realized I needed to take care of it because if he sold out it's hard telling who would move in. I put a privacy fence up on his side of my property because they have little grandkids visting all the time. He said it was not necessary but I informed him I couldn't live with myself if one of them ran over and fell in and drowned. I told him no matter how much you watch kids all it takes is for you to be distracted for a few seconds and something can happen. My ponds are very steep sided. It would be even difficult for me to get out.

My other neighbor can be a little touchy but I took in his dog when he got divorced and couldn't take care of her due to being a long range truck driver.

Ironically no one fishes around me so my ponds are not in danger of being poached.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.