Tram, Wedderburn

Tram, Wedderburn is a permanent mixed-species environmental planting project located near Wedderburn, approximately 75km northwest of Bendigo in Victoria. It was registered in March 2014 and covers an area of 258.27 hectares.

Environmental planting projects establish permanent plantings of native tree species on land that was predominantly used for agricultural purposes for at least five years prior to project commencement. These projects typically involve planting native trees at a density sufficient to eventually reach a forest cover of at least 20%, requiring a standard stocking density of at least 200 stems per hectare.

The Wedderburn region is traditionally known for mixed farming, sheep grazing, and cropping operations. The area experiences a dry, temperate Mediterranean climate with low-to-moderate rainfall, and soils are generally characterised by sandy loam, clay, and mottled duplex soils on riverine plains.

Interestingly, this project experienced a variation in its methodology in December 2015. It originally commenced under the 2012 Reforestation Modelling Tool methodology before successfully transitioning to the updated 2014 FullCAM methodology. The trees planted are native to the local area, designed to restore natural biodiversity to the previously agricultural landscape.