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. ( This article is part of the Student Scientist edition of Natural Inquirer in which high school students conducted research and wrote articles b Topics: Active Forest Management, Citizen Science, Insects, Ash Trees, Economics, Emerald Ash Borer, Human Impacts, Invasive Species.