The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.
Tina Licari
Tina Licari is the Senior Program Officer in the Ecosystems Mission Area. Her responsibilities include developing program guidance that reflects the mission area strategic goals; budget formulation, capabilities, justifications, and related budget activities; providing analysis and forecasting of program budget initiatives; and generating tools for program requirements, strategies, and goals.
Tina started her government career in 1995 as a temporary employee with the NPS Cooperative Park Studies Unit located at UC Davis. She was selected on a student appointment with USGS in 1998 while earning her undergraduate degree. Throughout her USGS career, Tina has worked in several levels of the organization including a national fiscal office, a regional office and just prior to coming to EMA, as the Administrative Officer for the Western Ecological Research Center.
Science and Products
Illustration of Participatory Science in the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.
Western Ecological Research Center - Headquarters
WERC is headquartered on the campus of California State University Sacramento and is aptly known as the ‘center without walls.’ The Center's headquarters houses management and administrative staff that support the dispersed science structure of WERC scientists which are located at or near ecosystems aligned with their expertise and often co-located with or near DOI partners at field stations in...
Science and Products
Illustration of Participatory Science in the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) is encouraging participatory science with its partners. EMA is a leader in participatory science activities and this guidance emphasizes support for this research design model that encourages research projects, as appropriate, to engage in enhanced forms of participatory science.
Western Ecological Research Center - Headquarters
WERC is headquartered on the campus of California State University Sacramento and is aptly known as the ‘center without walls.’ The Center's headquarters houses management and administrative staff that support the dispersed science structure of WERC scientists which are located at or near ecosystems aligned with their expertise and often co-located with or near DOI partners at field stations in...