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The Emerald Ash Borer- Invading Ash Trees

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The emerald ash borer is an invasive species to the United States. While it isn’t a major pest in its native range of northern China and Korea, here in the United States it has killed millions of ash trees and had a major economic impact. In this study, the student scientists tried to find out what kind of impact the emerald ash borer has in the Oxbow.

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• Fighting Invasive Emerald Ash Borers

  an Article about fighting invasive emerald ash borers with woodpeckers and citizen scientists

  For more information visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/features/fighting-invasive-emerald-ash-borers-woodpeckers-and-citizen-scientists

• Life Science
• People and Science

• Characteristics of Scientists

• Invasive Species

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (A)
• Natural hazards (F)
• Nature of science (G)
• Populations and ecosystems (C)
• Regulation and behavior (C)
• Risks and benefits (F)
• Science and technology in society (F)
• Science as a human endeavor (G)
• Understandings about science and technology (E)
• Understandings about scientific inquiry (A)