Icon Water Reforestation Project

Icon Water Reforestation Project is a Reforestation and Afforestation project located at Four Corners - Middle Road in Tullamore, approximately 100km northwest of Parkes in New South Wales. It was registered in July 2013.

Reforestation and afforestation projects involve establishing and maintaining permanent plantings of trees on land that was previously clear of forest for at least five years. These plantings must have the potential to grow to at least two metres in height and provide a minimum of 20 per cent crown cover to successfully remove carbon from the atmosphere.

The Tullamore area is located in the Central West region of NSW and is traditionally known for sheep and cattle grazing, as well as dryland cropping of wheat, barley, and canola. The region experiences semi-arid to moderate rainfall, averaging around 450-500mm annually, and features typical red-brown earths and red clay loam soils.

This project was established by planting Eucalyptus polybractea (commonly known as Blue Mallee) on land previously used for agricultural purposes. It was set up as part of Icon Water's (formerly ACTEW Corporation) strategy to offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with the construction and operation of major water security projects in the ACT, aiming to secure hundreds of thousands of tonnes of carbon sink forestry offsets across NSW and Western Australia. Originally registered under the name ACTEW Water Reforestation Project, it was renamed in June 2016 following the corporate rebranding of the ACT's water utility. To date, the project has been issued over 71,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).