The Town of Boscawen Agricultural Commission will host a workshop on invasive species and what we can do about them on Monday, March 4, at 6:30 PM at the Boscawen Town Office, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen.

Douglas Cygan, Invasive Species Coordinator for the Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food, will provide an in-depth look at upland invasive plant species of New Hampshire. You will learn about the various issues, characteristics, identifying features, and control measures of some of the most aggressive non-native plants here in the Granite State.

Douglas Cygan has been the Invasive Species Coordinator for the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture for the past 10 years as well as being a Nursery Inspector and an Authorized Certification Official for the USDA. Prior to this, he was a Wetlands Permitting Officer for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) for two years, and before that, he was a Senior Environmental Manager for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Environment for seven years. In 1992, he graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, with a BS and an AS in Plant Science with a minor in Conservation Biology and Wetland Science.

To register for this talk, please call 753-9188 or e-mail agriculture03303@nullgmail.com so we will have enough handouts for everyone.

Directions: From I-93, take Exit 17 and bear right off the ramp. Follow Route 4 to the traffic circle, and take the second ramp in the circle to Harris Hill Road for 0.2 miles. Turn right onto Tremont Street for 0.2 miles, turn left onto Jackson Street for 0.4 miles, and arrive at the Boscawen Municipal Complex on the right. From Routes 3 and 4 southbound through Boscawen: Turn right at the traffic light onto North Main Street – Route 3 South. Shortly after Alan’s Restaurant (on right), the Boscawen Municipal Complex (brick building) is on the left. Turn left onto Jackson Street (GPS or computer map location is 5 Jackson Street.)