Ian is a professional wildlife biologist from Wangaratta who has worked extensively in and around the Murray Valley with land and water managers for over 35 years.

Ian has a thorough working knowledge of Barmah-Millewa forest including monitoring of the endangered Australasian Bittern and a major River Red Gum ecological thinning trial centred in the
NSW Murray Valley National Parks.

He has a deep understanding of natural processes associated with riparian, wetland and floodplain ecology in the southern basin.