A couple days ago, he dug a trench around the property, looking for any drain tiles. Yesterday, he started panning out som dirt to lay the base of the dik-es.
KCM...lol The contractor said I can jump on any of those anytime I wanted. Here's a few updated pics. He started panning out some borrow areas yesterday and laying a foundation for the main d-ike. Doesn't look like much yet, but he should be done with the first wetlands by the end of this week, then starting on the second one.
The area in the foreground with the mowed paths is some of my foodplot areas for pheasant.
I also asked him to put in a small island in the center. It's gonna be about 20' X 40' and about a foot and a half above the water level. Here's a close up of the rough foundation.
Post by killercoonman on Jul 30, 2006 18:00:10 GMT -5
CJ do you have alot of clay there. i know there is 1/2 hour south of you where i trap OH. i was just wondering if you knew it would hold water. is this a natural low spot ,does it flood easy? just thinkin.
KCM, Yea, most of it's clay. This is thru the crep program and the Soil and Water division has done extensive testing of the soil. Your soil type has to be approved before anything is finalized. There was one section towrds the East end, where is was very sandy ground about 2 feet down, so that had to move the d-ike in another 80 feet, to prevent water seeping out. Yes, there are natural grades thru-ought this section Anywhere from 2 feet to 6 1/2 feet. When the DNR, State, and Soil & Water came out four weeks ago to do the final survey and inspection, they said this will be one of the better wetlands they have done in the last few years, simply beacause of the soil, gradual grades and the habitat I'll have around it. I'll also have to water control structures intalled to regualte the water level.
Me....I just want to bust a buch of ducks and geese
killercoonman
Full Member MEMBER IS BANNED FOR BAD DEALINGS ON THE TRADING POST
Post by hounddog25 on Jul 30, 2006 20:34:34 GMT -5
looking good cj.........the ducks and critters will come running.keep us posted
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I have not lived. ......Henry David Thoreau
Post by killercoonman on Aug 4, 2006 21:40:41 GMT -5
JC i trap some about a half hour south of there & never seen a beav. in ten years traping that flaaat land up there. if a beav. backed up a ditch up there that county would be in trouble.that is where i trap. my cousin from up there calls our hills mountains & all it does is roll alittle. he outa go down where hillbilly lives now thats hilly. we could live trap ya some cj & transplant them. ;D
hounddog25
Swamptalker Extrordinaire Swamptalker of the Month - May '06
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I have not lived. ......Henry David Thoreau
hillbilly
Swamptalker Extrordinaire squirrel professor Swamptalker of the Month July 06' & Dec. 07'
"You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once" Amarillo Slim
...
