About Inland Ecology

Inland Ecology was founded to meet the demand for regionally-based ecologists and environmental consultants specialising in the unique landforms, ecosystems and environments of inland NSW. We value professionalism, integrity and practicality in delivering results for our wide range of private and public clients. Having an in-depth knowledge of the inland environments, the developmental, environmental and biodiversity legislation and pathways of NSW enables us to quickly and efficiently navigate the approvals for all our projects.

Tom McMahon - Principal Consultant

Tom is a Biodiversity Assessment Method (BAM) Accredited Assessor, ecologist and environmental consultant with experience in ecological and environmental impact, conservation and monitoring assessments across regional and rural NSW. A Wagga local, Tom is established in terrestrial botany, fauna ecology and environmental investigations. He specialises in vegetation surveys, Plant Community Type mapping, vegetation integrity surveys, fauna surveys, environmental surveys, and ecological and environmental management, monitoring, conservation and restoration.

He also specialises in vegetation clearing supervision, threatened species surveying and management, revegetation management and bushfire assessments. Tom has also worked on environmental monitoring projects, contamination investigations, geotechnical projects and site assessment projects throughout inland NSW.

Tom has worked on a wide variety of projects across the entire state. This has included private developments such as mines, quarries, subdivisions and housing projects, as well as numerous large public infrastructure projects including roads, pipelines, dams, airports, bridges, waste facilities, and water and sewerage infrastructure. Tom has also worked on many Biodiversity Stewardship Agreements (BSA) for the conservation and monitoring of private land under the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme.