Lucky me I am covered under agriculture rules :) I have timberlands and pastures for livestock, saves on taxes and makes mucking with wetlands and ponds and so forth much much easier!
The goal would be to stop seepage downhill caused by water hitting the hardpan and running out downhill...
Thanks- we are going to do some test holes to see what the exact soil types are and if there is, in fact, hard pan (likely in my area). Right now the water table is literally AT the surface (which I guess explains the flowing springs). We dug a hole and it immediately filled to the ground...
I'm dealing with a piece of property that, in a normal year, would likely be a high-and-dry hillside that drains to an intermittent stream and wetlands. I'm in Florida panhandle- so underlying geology is most likely limestone bedrock with red clay then sand deposits on top. Topsoil is very...