Holroyd Station

Holroyd Station is a Savanna Fire Management project located on the Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland, approximately two hours west of the townships of Coen and Musgrave. It was registered in November 2014 and covers an extensive area of 282,066.42 hectares.

Savanna fire management projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. By conducting cooler, controlled burns early in the year, proponents reduce local fuel loads and avoid the significantly larger greenhouse gas emissions that are associated with intense, uncontrolled late-season wildfires.

The Cape York region is widely known for large-scale beef cattle breeding operations and, increasingly, significant ecological conservation areas and nature refuges. The area experiences a tropical monsoonal climate characterized by a high-rainfall wet season followed by a prolonged dry season. Local soils in the area are typically lower-fertility sandy and clay loams.

In recent years, Holroyd Station has become part of a massive 500,000-hectare aggregation, alongside neighboring Yarraden and Crystalvale stations, managed by Corporate Carbon to combine cattle grazing with nature-based climate solutions and Indigenous fire management practices. The cattle actively assist with fire management by grazing down the fuel load. The carbon project has seen several management changes over its lifetime, with the proponent varying from Country Carbon Pty Ltd to Terra Carbon Pty Limited in 2022, and subsequently to Umlilo Holdings Pty Ltd as trustee for the CC Stage 3 Agricultural Trust in 2023. Additionally, public records note that the Clean Energy Regulator accepted an Enforceable Undertaking from the original project manager, Country Carbon, in May 2020.