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Earth Pond Questions - Early Spring Projects
Judging from what happened to the poor smuck who did involve
the DNR, I'd say do as you please only don't say a word about it! Guvment run amuck. Nedra "Susan" wrote in message ... "NyQuillama" wrote in message I bought a house two years ago with an backyard earth pond that looked like it needed some work. I believe it was dugout in the 1950's as a sauna pond for the prior Finnish inhabitants. It has a small creek as an inlet and a culvert as an outlet. It is about 40 feet across and is pretty much tear dropped in shape. The depth is 15 feet and I believe it is spring fed because the water stays very cold even in the warmest of northern Wisconsin's summer days. Before you do anything else, please contact the DNR (Department of Natural Resources) nearest you. Wisconsin has various definitions as to whether waterways are public or private. Just because it might be surrounded by private land doesn't necessarily mean the pond is private. The DNR is real fussy about what you do with 'their' water, including the shrubs, brush and trees surrounding a waterway. Even as small as it is, you need to find out if you can do anything to it. I work in zoning and have seen the DNR get involved with some unusual things. A guy dug a basement and struck water, the hole filled up and became 'navigable'. He was not allowed to fill it back in and had to let it remain in it's 'natural' state. He now has a $100,000 30 ft. by 50 ft. pond and no land to build on. Sue Northern Wisconsin remove YOURPAWS when replying |
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