" George" wrote:

"Harry" :7501 wrote in message
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Hello,
Here is an idea i now have. Will it work, and what are the pit falls?
I want a "pond" to be an entirely intigrated part of the creek, as if

Mother
Nature had already done it herself, no barriers of any kind to change
nor
stop the natural flow of the creek, plus a wide mouth opening into the

"pond".
In other words the creek will be "wider" at that point. The creek has

huge,
rock slabs as its bottom, so i guess the land is also rocky, and this
is
what makes me think it would work. I just want to dig the hole and let

Mother
Nature do the rest, and wait for her to settle down before using the
"pond",
however i would like to know for what pit falls i should watch. There
is
swamp at creek side so the process has already begun, all i want to do
is finish what Mother Nature has already started . . . probably is what

makes
the land so cheap . . . Here in Florida, the contractors dig huge "ponds"
to collect the swamp water into one hole, so as to be able to build
houses
in swamps, and it works fine.
Another way of saying it is: i want the creek water to pool into a round,
three-"sided" pond. The "pond" will be in the shape of a "C"; the open

mouth
of the "pond" on the creek.
Also where can i get information on the Government information and aid,

there
is out there, for building types of ponds?


If this is a natural creek you are considering altering, you are going to

have to contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and get permits to alter

it (very difficult to get approval these days because of the wetlands
protection laws). Otherwise, if they find out that you've made alterations

without approval, you could get in a whole world of trouble. Take my
advice, don't go there.


Hello, George,
There is more than one Government agency to go to to get permits. There is:
NRCS; USACE (as you mentioned); DEP; local Government including county government,
township, municipality/borough, and last but not least Penn State Cooperation
Extension office, not to mention an environmental engineer or consultant,
however the question i asked you was: which government agency pays you to
put in a pond, so could you answer that question, please (one of the two
questions i asked)? Remember, because of the sloped sides this "pond" will
enhance wetlands . . . Ihave been doing my homework, have you?

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