Outback Ecology has expertise in environmental biology, soil science, and mining environmental management and operates in Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. In order to provide a complete service to clients, relationships have been established with hydrologists, mine decommissioning specialists, sociologists, anthropologists, geotechnical engineers and geochemists. Outback Ecology employs quality assurance at all stages of projects, and standardised procedures and templates to ensure consistency and quality. Staff members regularly attend relevant training programmes to keep abreast of new technology and ideas.

	SPECIALIST SERVICE	LEADERS
	Aquatic Ecology Dewatering Discharge Troglofauna Assessments Stygofauna Assessments Salt Lake Baseline Monitoring Ecological Risk Assessment Creek Line Assessments	Dr Fiona Taukulis
	Cleaner Production General Waste Management Hazardous Waste Mine Waste Water Air Noise Radiation Toxicology NPI/NGER Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment (ERA) Public Health Risk Assessment (PHRA) Occupational Hygiene	Dr Mark Goldstone
	Carbon Offset Valuation and Management Baseline carbon accounting surveys for offset projects Development of offset project management plans Preparation of Offset Project Methodologies to certified standards Offset Project Management and Rehabilitation Design and delivery of offset trials Climate Change policy, land tenure and offset market advice	Dale Miles
	Environmental Impact Assessment & Approvals Mining Proposals Statutory Referrals and Assessment Exploration Approvals Works Approvals	Tristan Derham
	Environmental Management, Mine Support, Compliance & Audits Supply of Environmental Staff Environmental Advice & Support Compliance & Reporting Audits Stakeholder & Community Liaison Water & Bore Monitoring Environmental Management System	Claire McGuire
	Flora Flora Surveys Flora Management Plans Baseline Surveys Impact Monitoring	Jeni Alford
	Mine Closure Progressive Rehabilitation Systems Mine Closure Planning Bond Review and Reconciliation Mine Decommissioning	Melissa Bolton Kim Bennett
	Oil and Gas Support Design Coordination Sampling Rehabilitation Surveys Environmental Advice Clearing Permits Secondment - Environmental Personnel Supervision and Project Management	Jason Dickie
	PRAC® Dynamic Cloud Based Ensurs Active Mine Closure Planning Manage Tasks through GIS-Interface Track Task Achivement Over Time Schedule Tasks (Investigative, Monitoring and Rehabilitation) Interactive Gantt Charting Store and Manage Documentation Repository for Historical Information	Ian Mitchell
	Rehabilitation, Monitoring & Completion Criteria Ecosystem Function Analysis Rehabilitation Classification Rehabilitation Investigation Completion Criteria	Adrian Friedel
	Soils , Landforms and Tailings Soil and Waste Characterisation for Rehabilitation Planning Soil Covers for Tailings and Waste Landforms Landform Solutions JV - Optimising Landform Construction Landform Stability and Erosion Monitoring Visual Impact Assessment	Matt Braimbridge
	Strategic Water Services Monitoring, measurement and review regimes Water Related Approvals DMP/DEC/DOW annual reporting Field Sampling and interpretation of results Identifying and managing risks Water balance, feeasibility studies and water supply appraisals Coordination and planning of water resource exploration Monitoring and management plans	Tristan Derham
	Subterranean Fauna Level 1 Desktop Risk Assessments and Pilot Surveys Level 2 Baseline Surveys Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Management Recommendations and Plans Development and Implementation of  and Monitoring Programs Specialist Taxonomy and Genetic Analyses Stygofauna and Troglofauna Habitat Assessments	Nicholas Stevens
	Tailings Characterisation & Closure Trial Assessment and Covers Closure Management & Reporting Tailings Revegetation Studies Post Closure Monitoring	Harley Lacy
	Terrestrial Invertebrate Fauna Biodiversity Surveys and Impact Assessments Rehabilitation Assessments using Invertebrates Target Invertebrate Fauna Surveys	Paul Bolton
	Vertebrate Fauna Biodiversity Surveys Threatened Species Management Conservation Planning Design and Implementation of Monitoring Programs	Dr Blair Parsons