Todd Dudley

Conservationist and founder, North East Bioregional Network

2025 TAS Local Hero Nominee

Todd Dudley is a veritable titan and stalwart of nature conservation in Tasmania. For over thirty years, he has been committed to conservation at all levels, from on-ground work through to the highest levels of political advocacy.  

Todd’s excellence and commitment in the environmental field inspired his community’s collective conscience. Using his incomparable expertise, he founded and is the president of North East Bioregional Network (NEBN). It has close to 100 members and is considered one of the most effective conservation groups in Tasmania.  

Through NEBN, Todd has initiated, negotiated and managed funding for a vast array of complex projects that benefit current and future generations, including the highly acclaimed Skyline Tier Ecological Restoration project.  

As the project’s manager, Todd achieved the restoration of over 700 hectares of logged pine plantation to healthy and resilient native forests. It’s the largest ecological restoration project in Tasmania – and one of the best in Australia.