Family land is swampy and expensive to maintain

I’m going to be there inheriting and thus responsible for about 10 acres on the Oregon coast, just north of Tillamook.

This plot has been in the family since they ‘settled’ it (and the lake next to it). It was a farm for most of its history, but that stopped about 40 years ago. It has very bad drainage, and basically the only buildable parts built on. Around 10 acres of grass at the moment, it’s expensive to mow!

It floods during any real rain, and there no budget for improvements, just sweat. Creek runs along two sides, empties into nearby lake… beavers go nuts and being 1 block from the ocean, not much downhill.

I think permaculture is my savior here. I could turn this back into a much more natural system and stop fighting to maintain something not being useful at all.

Where do I begin? It seems overwhelming!