Yes, as soon as the ground is dry enough to get equipment on it I will be digging the ditch deeper and wider. I know how to do that part.

We had .01" of rain this morning and the pond is high enough to just go through the culvert. Pics are standing on the bend in the ditch. First is looking SE at the pond, second is facing west looking down the "ditch" towards the road. I tried to dig it out last fall and this spring but the tractor just get stuck. There are tons of roots and stumps to work through in this project so it's going to be an adventure. Best case I can hope for is probably 24" from the ideal high pool pond level to the county ditch at the road over 266' That's not nearly as much vertical room to work with as I would like.

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outflow with water.JPG ditch to road.JPG

-Jon