Diana O'Donnell

Project Manager

Diana started her career in environmental management as a Soil Conservation Officer with the Department of Primary Industries based on the Atherton Tablelands in the early 1980’s. She then moved to Biloela where she contined to work  in the areas of conservation cropping and reduced tillage as well as soil conservation layouts for erosion control.

While her children were growing up Diana spent several years working in the horticultural industry doing irrigation scheduling with the neutron probe. She was also involved in developing irrigation, nutrition and pest management programs for tree crops. She also worked with TAFE, teaching horticulture and land management. 

Diana worked as Landcare coordinator for the Burnett Mary region, then returned to the north to work in the areas of weeds and pest animals, and sustainable land management in banana and cane. She spent two years with Terrain as their financial and contracts manager.

More recently, Diana has worked on ‘water’ issues as  as part of the Reef Plan Extension Team with the Department of Primary Industries based at South Johnstone working mainly on drainage, riparian restoration and artificial wetland construction.

Diana has been working with NQ Dry Tropics since 2007.