When we moved here 20 years ago, we wanted to put in a pond. Part way back on our property, we have a ravine through which a small spring runs. I got approval from the local conservation center for the dam I designed and how I wanted to re-locate the "wet land" running parallel to the spring. I thought everything was a go until I got about a 2" thick "form" from the State which had to be submitted before I began work. They wanted things like an endangered species study, a 500 yard run-off study, photographs to show I was not submerging historic buildings, and on and on and on. Needless to say, we never got the pond built.
Now that we are redesigning our back yard area (moving some raised gardens, putting on a new deck, fencing the chickens out, adding a greenhouse, etc,), we are thinking of putting in an artificial pond but probably not until next year.
The pond pics in this thread look great, and make me want a pond for our yard even more. Any idea on what electrical costs are? I would think they are up there when you are filtering water and running a waterfall.
