Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat 4th pond filling

Still learning myself Snipe, but thanks for the invite. Seeded the pond-side of the dam with more switchgrass seed this morning because I thought that the ground would be frozen, but it was not... Waiting for some sunshine to take some pics, but right now its a hole full of water. Trying to get hooked up with the DNR to help fund some emergent plants, but that would not likely happen till spring of 2023. I'll transplant some from other ponds and wetlands on our place in the mean time. Water still trickling over the earthen spillway this morning (level with virgin soil). If it eventually washes out too much, I'll install a pipe but wanted to give this a try since my other ponds all have pipes. Not much watershed for this one, but pretty good inflow through the soil on the uphill side.

Update pics:

Attached wetland with spillway at back on the right:



Connection between pond and wetland:



Main pond: