Capital Improvement Project- Huntsville, TX  Fall/Winter 2007

Day One on the job

Removing the topsoil from the lake site in order to preserve it for future use in covering the new dam and banks. Have you ever seen a ranch lake or farm pond with eroded banks and no grass? You MUST have topsoil to place on top of the new construction to promote the growth of groundcover.

Contruction of the showcase lake

Construction of the large dam encircling the showcase lake

Note topsoil piled in the foreground for later use

Equipment staging area

Soilmovers Base Camp

We have found it to be more efficient and beneficial to the client to live on site in RVs during a project of this magnitude.

Custom fabricated steel pier with fire pit extending into lake

Another view of the equiment staging area

The Base Camp with the RVs is on far side of the barn in the center of the picture. This picture also shows topsoil spread to a depth of 6-8" on top of the dam and down to the approximate water line.

Infrastructure improvements

Installing culverts in a new road across the lower end of the dam

Culverts in place. Topsoil in place

Massive culvert

The client has several large creeks and wanted additional crossings constructed with the new roads. East Texas gets plenty of annual rainfall and the creeks move huge amounts of water!

Culvert placement

Securing culvert in place

Building a forest road in the Piney Woods of East Texas

Aerial of completed project--looking northwest

Improved woodland gravel road

Improved forest road with large culvert

Fishing pier and firepit

Aerial view looking north

Red Deer in the lake below fishing pier

Red Deer on the dam one week after introduction to the property. These deer came from a breeder in Elgin, TX.