Join Douglas Cygan, Invasive Species Coordinator for the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, for a deep dive into the upland invasive plants of New Hampshire. Learn how to identify some of the most aggressive non-native plants that can be found here in the Granite State, and how to control them. We’ll also discuss New Hampshire rules and regulations surrounding invasive plants.

7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Harris Center. Space is limited, and registration is required. For more information, including questions about accessibility, contact Eric Masterson.

Speaker: Douglas Cygan has been the Invasive Species Coordinator for the NH Department of Agriculture for the past 20 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 NH Department of Environmental Services (DES) for 2-years, and before that he was a Senior Environmental Manager for the NH Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Environment for 7-years. In 1992 he graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, with a B.S and an A.S in Plant Science with a minor in Conservation Biology and Wetland Science.