you see there is a pond and then the water goes though a colbert. the colbert leads to a creek.
i want to clear out the logs and such in the somewhat dried creek and make a dam in the middle of it so me and my friends can swim there. there is a camping spot and i want to get the water ready before summer. how do i make a dam? how do i get the logs out. one just hit me today and i dont want that to happen again.
2007-12-21 12:51:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Before you do anywork on a "wildlife area" such as this check with your local officals to see if you can. You make think its a dry creek but chances are that it is an important run-off area.
2007-12-21 13:02:09 · answer #1 · answered by Jonas W 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jonas and Ohno are correct, the rules regulating streams are a bureaucratic nightmare. If the stream is on your property you still may run afoul of the state and federal wildlife people. About the only way for a dam to be built legally anymore is by a beaver and then that's iffy.
Do you mean culvert? Daming up the creek above the culvert might create a problem if the dam breaks and washes away the culvert and --I'm assuming--a road on top.
Whole thing stinks right? We haven't even gotten into navigable river drainage regulations. Government at it's finest. Why people want more government makes no sense to me.................
2007-12-21 14:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jonas is right. You could be in for a legal battle if you dam up the creek. That water, whenever it flows, belongs to someone downstream. They depend on it and so does the wildlife in that area.
If you want to swim, find another way besides destroying the ecosystem.
2007-12-21 13:13:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That sounds so cool.
Wishing I was a kid again.
2007-12-21 13:26:12 · answer #4 · answered by triminman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋