But the true weight of the work hits home in the evenings. I return from a day of arguing for nitrogen limits to find my wife, her boots caked in the very mud I defend. She is the practical side of this equation—the one who understands the hydrology of the hemi-marsh and the delicate patience required to see a degraded parcel of land begin to breathe again.
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