Originally Posted By: anthropic
Originally Posted By: GaSoPond
Originally Posted By: RAH
Why do you think pines affected runoff? Were there a lot of fallen needles blocking the water flow?


The biggest issue was that the pines were not maintained and by the time we bought the place in 2013, the undergrowth was beyond repair without a clear cut. There were areas you could not even walk through it had gotten so thick. This may have affected the runoff more than the pines I guess.


I have issues with undergrowth as well. Did you try a controlled burn?


Unfortunately, it was already so bad when we purchased the property that any burning would have destroyed the 25 year old pines. There was just too much fuel. The good thing is that the pines were ready to cut now anyway. This has now given us a clean slate to work with and I want to do it right going forward. I will certainly manage the new pines so we don't have an undergrowth issue. I was just hoping to get some thoughts on what people had done regarding the amount of setback from the pond to plant the pines as to not inhibit runoff as best I could.