Beetle Infestation at Shenandoah National Park

John F. Kennedy High School | Silver Spring, MD

The Emerald Ash Borer is an invasive beetle that is eating its way through America’s 16 species of Ash trees. Students at John F. Kennedy High School in Maryland found out how this relatively recent arrival in Shenandoah National Park is affecting the trees there.

Produced by Caden Jacobs, Henry Hudson-Goldman, Hissan Iskandar, Jaylah Moore-Ross, Ceilidh Kern, Carlos Vega, Gianni Healey, Amber Garrison, and Katelyn Hodge at John F. Kennedy in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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