as long as we are channeling sepp about ponds and such...
sepp clearly states he learned his pond sealing techniques from pigs. I see pigs in your plans bring them to the pond when it is drying out and they might seal if for you.
I see goats in your plans, goats (along with the pigs) would love to come in and clean out the under story of those trees. If you just want two goats...it simply takes longer. Chickens wouldnt mind lending a hand either for that matter.
I keep saying the same thing. There is no point being in a hurry most of the time. I suggest you pick an area to work on and decide what you want and just do that one. Maybe plant a dozen fruit trees which will be too shaded at first here and there around the other areas.
Now if you are like me, you dont exactly take down your own trees, well not larger ones anyway. Bringing some tree guy in to take out the trees each year for five years can be expensive but it would give you a chance to rethink each tree removed. That time to think and be careful is worth much as well. I have no experienced your land year round, I have no idea if you really must remove all that many trees or any at all. Give yourself time to think.
The animals might be a good place to start. You already have a forest, you just need to make it produce more food than it does now. Introduce some fruiting bushes! Now I have no experience but you might have to keep the pigs away from the bushes, ask others.
For me there is some confusion between the food forest and allowing animals to intermingle with your crops to fertilize them and to keep the weeds under control....wont the animals be just as ruthless with your food crops as they are with the weeds?
I almost forgot to say....if you fell any trees, you might want to grow some mushrooms. I think there is some variety which grows well under each kind of tree allowing you to keep the trees and eat them too! Hoggleculture giggle...ok i will never remember that word...is the catch phrase all over the place this week and i do love the idea of the raised bed with the sheet composting in it but I would not
compost my larger wood there, when the mushrooms are done growing on it, the garden can have the left overs.