Parks and Recreation Director John Sherman, right, and Grounds Superintendent Asa Metcalf, left, fill the back of a pickup truck with bags of the invasive plant garlic mustard collected from marked locations around Hanover, N.H., Friday, May 22, 2020. The town’s biodiversity committee and conservation commission challenged residents to pull the plant from specified areas along trails and in neighborhoods. About 100 bags of the weed were collected and were to be disposed of in town dumpsters. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Parks and Recreation Director John Sherman, right, and Grounds Superintendent Asa Metcalf, left, fill the back of a pickup truck with bags of the invasive plant garlic mustard collected from marked locations around Hanover, N.H., Friday, May 22, 2020. The town’s biodiversity committee and conservation commission challenged residents to pull the plant from specified areas along trails and in neighborhoods. About 100 bags of the weed were collected and were to be disposed of in town dumpsters. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News — James M. Patterson