The level of the vegetation is a bit deceiving below.  It may look like the grasses are creeping up the fence, but it’s really the water that is creeping up and bringing the now-very-thick vegetation with it.  The water level is almost at my chest, which never occurred last year.  It’s also raining almost daily…  We’ll see how things are in a couple of weeks, when I’m swimming while sampling and getting caught in that barb wire.