Hi FishinRod, Thanks so much for your reply. We are working with our Soil and Water Conservation district with this, and they haven't seen the site yet, but they are aware that it might not be feasible due to it's wetland status. I should have mentioned that in the comments. I was more interested in getting information to see about the design of the pond. Say we're allowed to improve it any way we want, would the liner over the wetland work, etc?

That said, say we aren't allowed to improve the wetland, would we be able to put an embankment up close to it and still utilize the basin in a similar fashion, but omit the wetland from the pond area?

Thanks again,
Steven