EmmaLi Tsai
EmmaLi is a Data Scientist at EPIC who provides support for projects related to drinking water, wetlands, environmental justice screening tools, and short sprint development efforts. Prior to working with EPIC, she was a contractor for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and worked on conservation projects that ranged from coastal wetland transformation to migratory birds. EmmaLi also conducted research in marine and Antarctic ecosystems during her time in academia. She holds a Master of Science in Biology from Texas Tech University and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Wetlands filter our water and protect our communities. However, updated data remains fragmented and inaccessible. To address this, EPIC and OpenStreetMap US are creating the OpenWetlandsMap — enabling everyone to contribute to the first openly accessible and community-maintained wetland dataset.