About Pat Connor

 Pat Connor has conducted a successful niche consultancy in environmental roadside management based on his unique skill set, for over twenty years.

As a civil engineer with a background in gas pipeline and road construction he brings a wealth of practical knowledge to issues around roadside vegetation management and reinstatement.

As a qualified environmental consultant from the inaugural Melbourne University Conservation and Land Management Course, he is a pioneer in the field of sustainable environmental management of roadside wildlife corridors, biolinks and remnant indigenous vegetation. He initiated training with the Roadside Conservation Committee and has worked widely across Victoria and New South Wales at every level of government, with numerous Landcare organisations and with various community stakeholders.

He offers a range of consultancy services, from comprehensive ‘minimal impact’ training workshops for management, staff, contractors and road crews at local council level, to the writing of roadside management strategies around works practices, environmental values and sound knowledge of relevant legislation.

Pat combines the practicality of engineering and the core commitment to environmental sustainability in his conviction that there is always a holistic and ecologically satisfying solution to even the most intractable problem. His down to earth presentation style and his wealth of knowledge distinguish him as a sound negotiator with excellent people skills. In establishing and coordinating the ground-breaking Coliban to Cobaw Biolinks Project, Pat took pride in the fact that he personally negotiated the pledging of private land in a PPP of historic importance in the field of environmental sustainability in Victoria.

Pat will often quote a simple core concept at his training courses. Trees can’t read. In other words, if we can’t translate all our theoretical knowledge into a sustainable environmental outcome then we are failing on every level. Whether it be the environmental benefits of vehicle wash down, containment of worksites and minimal impact alternatives, or the recognition and protection of fragile indigenous flora and fauna, Pat Connor is an environmental consultant with an innovative approach, a trusted track record and a sustainable roadside solution to your problem.