Wolverton Station

Wolverton Station is a Savanna Fire Management project located in the central Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, approximately 53km north of Coen and just south of the Archer River. Registered in December 2014, the project covers an area of 70,240.39 hectares. The overarching property is a well-known working cattle station that has been breeding Brahman cattle for almost 60 years. In addition to pastoral grazing operations, the station supports outback tourism by offering off-grid camping, exclusive boutique glamping known as "Wild Wishes," and a historically significant 2km cattle droving trail walk dating back to the mid-1900s.

Situated in a designated high rainfall area, the Cape York environment is characterised by intense wet seasons and contrasting dry seasons, with regional soils typically consisting of sandy loams, clays, and lateritic soils. The project's Savanna Fire Management methodology is centred around emissions abatement. This standard requires the strategic, planned burning of savanna areas during the cooler early dry season. By intentionally reducing the ground fuel load early in the year, the project drastically limits the risk and severity of devastating late dry season wildfires, which would otherwise release substantially higher volumes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

The carbon project has an interesting administrative history, undergoing a methodology variation in February 2017 to transition from the 2013 rules to the updated 2015 Savanna Fire Management determination. In May 2022, the project's proponent changed from Country Carbon Pty Ltd to Terra Carbon Pty Limited. Outside of carbon farming, Wolverton Station is proudly operated by the Jackson family, who have a four-generation history of contributing to the local land and economy. The station and its owners garnered national media attention through the Royal Flying Doctor Service when the owner, Emma Jackson, saved a guest suffering a severe heart attack using an on-site defibrillator, and in another harrowing event, rescued her teenage son from a three-metre scrub python that attempted to eat him in his sleep.