As I pulled into a space by the garden center, I saw a bright orange state van parked at the curb near the lumber yard exit.

Four people in high-visibility vests were walking the fence line with yellow trash grabbers and heavy black bags.

Jaclyn was standing by the chain-link fence near the tractor display.

Her long hair was pulled back in a plain knot, and she wore scuffed work boots caked in dry gray dirt.

She bent down with her metal grabber to pick a flattened aluminum can out of the gravel.

She didn’t look up as cars pulled into the lot.