Well, I received my lease email yesterday and my first reaction was, I'M DONE!. The base lease amount stayed the same, but there was a 1K tack on for two years. After reading the email and doing a bit of thinking, I decided we're going to take the lease. The email stated that in progress now is a 12.5' foot-wide x 3' tall levee that is being constructed around a large section of neighboring marsh that surrounds our lease. Currently, the patched levee we have is only 3 to 4 feet wide, maybe, and is only 6" above the normal water level, which does nothing for wind-driven high tides.
Our water level has not fluctuated but a few inches up or down since the season ended, which was mainly due to rainfall and is at a perfect level right now. I came to the realization that a 2K contribution for improvement work wasn't much to ask of us considering what I was told some lessors and landowners are shelling out for this work, and their duck lease costs compared to ours. I did, however, lose a blind partner over this deal, but I have an interesting prospect that I'll be speaking with tomorrow.
Now I need to educate the wife.
