Lori Gould runs an environmental consulting business – GrassRoots Environmental which specialises in natural resource management, particularly riparian rehabilitation and community engagement. As part of this, she manages the Rivers of Carbon initiative in partnership with the Australian River Restoration Centre. Lori was also the Program Manager at Jerrabomberra Wetlands with the Woodlands and Wetlands Trust to engage the broader community to experience all the Wetlands has to offer. Prior to this Lori was a Senior Project Manager for 16 years with Greening Australia, specialising in riparian and catchment management programs to improve water quality and biodiversity in rural Australia and before this, a Park Ranger with ACT Parks and Conservation Service for 6 years. Lori holds a Master’s Degree in Integrated Water Management (Deans Commendation for High Achievemnet), a Post Graduate Certificate in River Restoration and Management, an Environmental Science Degree and Associate Diploma in Animal Science. Lori is also a Fellow of the Peter Cullen Trust and has recently started a PhD on Latham's Snipe and Migratory Bird Ecology.