Reclaiming the Land for the Future
In several phases, our land is being reclaimed from what was many deep walled strips of water with piles of shale soil all along their perimeter, to fields and rolling hills with ponds carefully placed to retain drainage water.
It is very interesting and exciting to come home from work to changes in the landscape that happen in one day due to the heavy equipment working steadily to contour the land. The pictures below document the dramatic change in the land from late 2006 (left) to early 2009 (right) to be more safe and usable.
The inconvenience of dust and constant rumble of the earth moving equipment is small for the impressive final results of this land reclamation. .jpg)
.jpg)
The body of water with high walls and no bank was moved and now has a more friendly safe gradual slope for access. In the process of "moving" the location of the water, we found many mature fish survived and some have been caught. In the interest of science and conservation we will continue to fish as often as possible to be sure the population of fish remains productive.
.jpg){kind=link}