Contact us if you’d like to learn more about current and past projects.

Current Projects

• Parks Victoria – Evaluation of the Great Outdoors Initiative
• Director of National Parks – Review of Booderee National Park Management Plan (2025 – 2035)

Completed projects

2024

• Riverina Local Land Services – Project Design for Western Riverina Pig Project
• Dja Dja Wurrung Enterprises Pty Ltd – Aboriginal (Djaara) Waterway Assessment (Review)
• Director of National Parks – Evaluation of the Booderee National Park Management Plan (2015-2025)
• Director of National Parks – Evaluation of Park Management Plans for Christmas Island National Park and Pulu Keeling National Park
• Peel-Harvey Catchment Council – Cost Benefit Analysis $110 million Restoration of the Peel-Harvey Waterways
• Corangamite CMA – National Landcare Program (Training and Project Development Support)

2023

• Corangamite CMA – Gellibrand River Integrated Catchment Management Plan
• Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party – Cost of Serrated Tussock to Victoria (including a Benefit: Cost Analysis)
• Riverina Local Land Services – Feral Pig Program Evaluation and Benefit: Cost Analysis

2022

• Parks Victoria – Technical Feasibility Assessment for Eradication, and Control Options, for: Introduced predators, Environmental Weeds, European Rabbits and Deer in Wilsons Promontory National Park
• Australian Government (Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment) – INFFER analysis for the Koala Conservation and Protection Package
• Farmland to Reef Regeneration Fund (funded by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation) for The Nature Conservancy and Kilter Rural
• North Central CMA – Avoca catchment ‘Chain of Ponds’ INFFER analysis
• Sustainability Victoria – Technical expert evaluation Recycling Victoria R&D fund organics
• Corangamite CMA – Gellibrand River Catchment – prioritisation of options to improve waterway health
• Parks Victoria – East Gippsland Far East Eden Strategy (with Blue Sense Consulting)
• Mallee CMA and Agriculture Victoria – Implications of climate change on horticulture in the Victorian Mallee (Stage 2)
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning – Land for Wildlife Strategic Plan and Delivery Options
• Queensland Department of Environment and Science – Understanding the legacy of cane practice change projects for Reef water quality improvement with Geoff Kuehne, AgriTech Solutions (Steve Attard) and Coutts J&R (Jeff Coutts)
• West Gippsland CMA – Powlett River Catchment Integrated Catchment Management Plan (supporting Blue Sense Consulting)
• Hunter Local Land Services (NSW) – Evaluation Support Services
• Australian National University (Sustainable Farms) – advisory support on economics and adoption of farm dam enhancement
• West Gippsland CMA – Regional NRM Plan Advisory support (with Blue Sense Consulting)
• Canegrowers – Smartcane BMP Evaluation

2021

• Fitzroy Basin Association – MERI framework for Grazing Best Management Practice (BMP) reef project supporting Eberhard Consulting
• West Gippsland CMA – Thomson River & Rainbow Creek Waterway Management Plan – Business Case
• Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection – Queensland Reef Water Quality Program Evaluation (with Eberhard Consulting,  Blue Sense Consulting and C2O Consulting)
• Land Stewardship Centre of Canada – Beaver Hills Biosphere wetland prioritisation
• North Central CMA and Central Highlands Water – Tullaroop Integrated Catchment Management Plan (with Dja Dja Wurrung  Clans Aboriginal Corporation)
• Sustainability Victoria – Organics Material Flow Analysis and Market Research with Randell Environmental Consulting (lead), Brock Baker Environmental Consulting and Frontier Ag and Environment
• Barwon Water – Barham Catchment Health Based Targets Reduction – Options Assessment with naturallogic (Karla Billington) and Water Futures (Dan Deere)
• Corangamite CMA – ‘Rewilding’ threatened species in the Otway Ranges – Stage 1
• CRC for Water Sensitive Cities – INFFEWS application in the Mekong with University of Western Australia
• DELWP/University of Melbourne – Cost-effectiveness of options for reducing the decline in extent and condition of Victorian grassy ecosystems
• Australian Government (Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment) – Invasive ant eradication (BCA training and support)
• Australian Government (Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment) – Reef 2050 Governance Bodies Review
• Corangamite CMA – Grassy Eucalypt Woodland Stewardship Program (Mid-term review)

2020

• Victorian Gorse Taskforce – Victorian Gorse Taskforce Evaluation and Development of the Victorian Gorse Control Strategy 2020-25
• Melbourne Water – Refresh of INFFER analysis for recreational options for Yan Yean and Tarago Reservoirs
• Resource Consulting Services – Monaro Ecological and Farming Regeneration Initiative
• Hunter Local Land Services (NSW) – Hunter Catchment Contributions Program Evaluation
• Glenelg-Hopkins CMA – Socio-economic Analysis for RCS renewal (in collaboration with Neil Barr)
• Goulburn Broken and North East CMAs – Socio-economic Analysis for the Goulburn Broken & North East Regional Catchment Strategies (in collaboration with Neil Barr)
• Mallee CMA and Agriculture Victoria – Implications of climate change on horticulture in the Victorian Mallee
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning – Prioritising waterways and management actions across Victoria (supporting Blue Sense Consulting)
• Australian Government (Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment) – Analysis of three national eradication response programs for Browsing ants (Lepisiota frauenfeldi)
• West Gippsland CMA – Project Planning, Design and Development –National Landcare Program Corner Inlet with Blue Sense Consulting
• Blacktown City Council (NSW) – Subcatchment implementation Plan (application of INFFEWS) supporting Wave Consulting
• NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust) – Review of pricing for the Fixed Price Offer delivery mechanism.
• Mallee Catchment Management Authority – River Red Gum Spatial Survey with Spatial Vision
• Commonwealth Government Department of Environment and Energy – INFFER analysis for Koala Conservation
• West Gippsland CMA – Project Planning, Design and Development –National Landcare Program 2 Cross Regional Alpine Peatlands Program with RMCG

2019

• West Gippsland CMA – Rainbow Creek Management Plan  with Blue Sense Consulting and Ian Rutherfurd
• Parks Victoria – Economic Return on Investment for Environmental Volunteering in Victoria
• North Central Catchment Management Authority – Climate change planning support
• Corangamite CMA – INFFER assessments (1. Protecting Priority Threatened Species of the Corangamite Coast and 2. Protecting the Victorian Volcanic Plain)
• Upper Campaspe Landcare Network – Strategic planning
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning – Review and assessment of selected waterway health project bids submitted by CMAs for EC4
• Melbourne Water – INFFEWS Benefit:Cost Analysis Training and Capacity Building
• WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation – Revitalising Geographe Waterways (End of Program Evaluation) supporting Eberhard Consulting
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning & Port Phillip and Westernport CMA – French Island Feral Cat Eradication Feasibility and Cost-Effectiveness Assessment with John Parkes (Kurahaupo Consulting)
• Melbourne Water – Using health based targets to develop a catchment management optimisation program (CMOP), with Jacobs and SIP Advisory
• NRM North (Tasmania) – Eastern Barred Bandicoot INFFER Assessment
• Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and Victorian DELWP – Social values in bushfire management decision making (INFFER Project)
• Port Phillip and Westernport CMA – Protection and enhancement of Ramsar listed wetlands and priority coasts in the Port Phillip and Westernport region
  INFFER Assessment
• North East CMA – Embedding Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture, North East Victoria with support from Spatial Vision, Meridian Agriculture and Bridge Logic

2018

• Hunter Local Land Services (NSW) – Evaluation of the Hunter Local Land Services Land Management Grant Program
• Kilter Rural – Project opportunity scan
• NRM North (Tasmania) – INFFER Training and project development support
• NRM South (Tasmania) – INFFER project development support
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria) – Investing in Integrated Catchment Management: development of principles
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria) – Sunryasia Rejuvenation Project Final Evaluation Report
• West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority – supporting Blue Sense Consulting to evaluate the Indigenous Partnerships Program
• North Queensland Dry Tropics NRM (Qld) – Exploring new incentives – scoping and trialling incentives and institutional arrangements, as part of a consortium led by James Cook University
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning – Developing an overarching coordination framework for long-term water quality monitoring in the Port Phillip and WesternPort region – supporting Blue Sense Consulting
• North Central CMA – INFFER Project development
• Land Stewardship Centre Canada – Utilising INFFER as a Decision Support Tool for Agri-environmental Programming in Brazeau County, Alberta
• West Gippsland CMA – Lake Wellington Land and Water Management Plan Renewal (supporting Jacobs)
• Queensland Farmer Federation – evaluation framework advice
• North Central CMA – Sustainable Agriculture Program – Regenerative Farming Framework
• Landcare Australia & Mid North Coast Council (NSW) – INFFER Training and Support

2017

• Australian Government Reef Trust – Great Barrier Reef Agricultural Renewal Investment Fund for The Nature Conservancy and Kilter Rural
• Mount Alexander Shire Council – Land Management Rebate Program implementation support
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria) – Rural Drainage Costs and Benefits to Agriculture (supporting Jacobs)
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria) and West Gippsland CMA – Riparian Benefit Cost Scoring Tool with Blue Sense Consulting
• NSW Office of Environment and Heritage – Private Land Conservation Direct Offer project
• Melbourne Water – Source Water Catchment Protection (INFFER and CMIS)
• Port Phillip and WesternPort CMA – Ramsar Protection Program: French Island Feral Cat Eradication (INFFER Assessment)
• Waikato River Authority NZ – INFFER and project prioritisation support
• Australian Institute of Marine Science – INFFER analysis for Crown of Thorns Starfish outbreak control
• West Gippsland CMA – Perry River Integrated Catchment Management Project Development – in partnership with Blue Sense Consulting
• Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Limited (AFAC) and Forest and Fire Management Group: National Burning Project (subproject 2)
  ‘Report on an analysis of the tools and methodologies available to balance competing objectives of burning programs and matching these to users’
• Melbourne Water –  Melbourne Water owned land – prioritisation framework (INFFER)
• Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (Victoria) – Developing options for resourcing the ongoing management of fenced riparian land
• North Central CMA and Coliban Water – Integrated Catchment Management Plan for the Upper Coliban Catchment
• Connecting Country – Woodland bird INFFER analysis review
• North East CMA – North East Regional Catchment Strategy (Urban Landscape Condition Monitoring) – in partnership with Patten Bridge/Bridge Logic
• Mount Alexander Shire – Review of Land Management Rebate Program
• Harvey River Restoration Taskforce (WA) – INFFER Training

2016

• Kingborough Council (Tas) – Bruny Island Cat Control (INFFER analysis)
• Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Qld) – Costs of achieving the water quality targets for the Great Barrier Reef (As part of a consortium led by Alluvium Consulting)
• NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (Office of Environment and Heritage) – Evaluation of the Enhanced Bushfire Management Program
• North East Catchment Management Authority – Landscape condition monitoring & reporting (with Patten Bridge/Bridge Logic)
• Burnett-Mary Regional Group (Qld) – Evaluation and Final Review (Reef Programme)
• North Central CMA – Review of Landcare/Community Grants Program
• NQ Dry Tropics – Burdekin Water Quality Improvement Plan (INFFER analysis)

2015

• Department of Environment/National Landcare Advisory Committee (NLAC) – Understanding and identifying the economic impacts of investment in the National Landcare Programme activities
• SEQ Catchments – Catchment Action Planning (INFFER analysis)
• North Central CMA – Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan
• West Gippsland CMA – Climate Change Planning support
• Department of Environment and Primary Industries (Vic) – Investigation of the cost-sharing and funding allocation approaches used in Victorian riparian management programs
• East Gippsland CMA – Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan

2014

• Burnett-Mary Regional Group – Water Quality Improvement Plan
• Burnett-Mary Regional Group – Climate Change Planning support
• West Gippsland CMA – Regional Waterway Strategy (planning support)
• Terrain NRM – Wet Tropics Water Quality Improvement Plan (INFFER analysis component)
• West Gippsland CMA – INFFER analysis for Gippsland Plains Grassy Woodlands and Alpine Peat-bogs (with RMCG)
• Corangamite CMA (on behalf of 7 Victorian CMAs) – NRM and Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (with Spatial Vision)

2013

• West Gippsland CMA – INFFER analysis for the Corner Inlet Ramsar site
• Land Stewardship Centre (Alberta, Canada) – INFFER analysis for threatened bird species (Sage Grouse)
• Northern Gulf NRM – INFFER training
• Department of Environment & Primary Industries – Development of a Waterway Benefit: Cost Scoring Tool
• West Gippsland CMA – Waterway prioritisation for Regional Waterway Strategy.
• North Central CMA – Waterway prioritisation for Regional Waterway Strategy.
• Corner Inlet Water Quality Improvement Plan – INFFER analysis and underpinning bio-economic modelling.
• Greening Australia QLD – Improving Gold Coast vegetation through seed supply
• INFFER analyses for the Wimmera Catchment Management Authority to assist development of Biodiversity Fund applications.
• INFFER assessment for conserving woodland birds in the Mount Alexander Shire in central Victoria for Connecting Country.
• Water quality assessment for the Bow River in Alberta in partnership with the Land Stewardship Centre of Canada.
• Development of application form and assessment methodology for the Living Victoria Fund – Office of Living Victoria.
• Asset identification and priority setting for the Western Australian Rangelands NRM Plan.

Evaluation of landholder adoption in NRM projects is crucial to design and implementation.