can we use the creek and dig a pond?

[equinelyn]

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This is true. My neighbor made his own pond that's about an acre. It's connected to the creek but doesn't have strong current or anything. But when he tried to build another small pond up by the front of his property the big boys stepped in and made him fill it in... I'm not sure if he asked first about the first one, but that one didn't cause any problem.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I live in hte west where water rights are right up next to horse theft and cattle rustling as hanging offenses (or at least they all used to be). BUT, people still get VERY, VERY upset at the idea of diverting water from its natural flow. There was a huge, decades long court fight over property rights of the Colorado River. Now I realize that the srteam you are referring to is not at all in the same league, but the concepts are the same. Best to do a LOT of background research before even thinking of digging that first shovelful.