Techniques for surreptious pond support welcomed

Doc wrote:snipHow do you get the local authorities enthusiastic enough to
protecting what
they have without inspiring them enough to f*** it up? I just don't know.

I don't have the answer you need, but I do have a warning. About an hour from
here is a small lake that has been a place of enjoyment for several generations
that was origionaly built for the town's water supply about 1900. It is one of
the few lakes in the area that I know of that had a good sized populations of
bluegill that weigh over one pound. About three years ago they drained it to
work on the damn. They got as far as draining the lake AND THEN THEY QUIT. It
appears that they had no intention of ever finishing the project and we lost
one of the best bluegill fisheries in the state. Aparently forever.

Watch them like a hawk.

Big Dale