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Why Raptor Environmental? The story behind my business name.

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I’m often asked whether Raptor Environmental was named after a dinosaur or a popular brand of ute. The answer is neither. There’s a certain poetry in naming a business after birds of prey.


Raptors don’t just fly, they view the landscape with a macro perspective whilst tracking details invisible to the untrained eye. They are fierce, grounded, and exacting. That blend of vision and precision is what inspired me to create Raptor Environmental, a boutique environmental consultancy built on science, integrity and balance.


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Before founding Raptor, I spent years working as an ecologist and environmental manager across sectors from a global design and consulting corporation to local and state government, and a start-up company. I was leading a national team of ecologists during the height of COVID-19, managing projects and people remotely while home-schooling two children. Eventually, the pace caught up with me. I still remember the moment clearly, confined to bed with a stress-related health issue, running meetings horizontally from my laptop when I realised my approach was no longer sustainable. For me. For my projects. Or for my team.


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That moment became a turning point. I didn’t want to build just another environmental consultancy; I wanted to create a business grounded in sustainability itself, powered by science, guided by integrity, and designed for longevity.


With nearly two decades of experience across ecology, environmental management, and infrastructure assessment, I have worked within and alongside government agencies, developers, planners, and private industry. My experience brings a rare lens to complex projects, especially in Southeast Queensland’s richly diverse landscapes. I’m comfortable knee-deep in a wetland as I am presenting to authorities, bridging the space between on-ground precision and strategic foresight.


When the time came to name the business, “Raptor” landed. Fierce yet graceful, powerful with an eagle’s perceptive and noticing the unnoticed.


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Raptor Environmental partners with clients who share this philosophy: collaboration over transaction, transparency over appeasement. The consultancy’s approach is deliberately hands-on. When you engage Raptor, you’re not passed down the chain; you work directly with me.


At its heart, Raptor Environmental is a study in contrasts, fierce yet nurturing, strategic yet practical and unapologetically scientific. In a world crowded with noise and greenwashing, Raptor Environmental stands for something rare: clarity, honesty, and the kind of environmental integration that doesn’t just tick boxes, it changes outcomes.


That’s the story behind Raptor Environmental.


To learn how we can support your next project, contact us or connect with Mary on LinkedIn.



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Mary Timms is an ecologist and environmental manager who works with clients to build infrastructure that support nature positive outcomes. She helps organisations develop nature strategies and integrate sustainable design. Mary is the hands-on consultant you want knee-deep in the wetland and presenting to the board and authorities. If you want to discuss your organisation’s challenges or project, please shoot me an email: info@raptorenvironmental.com.au.


 
 
 

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