Lenroy Regeneration Project

Lenroy Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located on "Lenroy" Station, approximately 20km north of Wanaaring in far-western New South Wales. It was registered in January 2015 and covers an area of 31,364.93 hectares. The project is managed by North Western Holdings Pty Ltd as the project proponent, with Climate Friendly Pty Ltd acting as an agent and participant.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve regenerating permanent even-aged native forests on land where vegetation was previously cleared and regrowth suppressed. To achieve this, the methodology relies on altering land management practices to allow native vegetation to naturally recover. For this specific project, permanent native forests are established through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers, on land where regrowth was actively suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. The primary project activities include the strict management of the timing and extent of livestock grazing, alongside the humane management of feral animals.

The remote Wanaaring region is predominantly used for extensive sheep, goat, and cattle grazing operations. The environmental conditions are strictly semi-arid, characterized by very low, highly variable rainfall and extremely hot summers. The local landscape typically features deep red sandy soils, sand hills, and some heavier clay plains in low-lying depressions.

Revegetation projects like Lenroy not only sequester carbon but also lead to improvements in local environmental health by stabilizing soils and reducing the risk of erosion. An interesting fact about this project is that the regenerating native habitat supports local biodiversity, including threatened fauna such as the endangered Greater Bilby and the elusive nocturnal Night Parrot, a species so rarely sighted in the wild it was widely assumed to be extinct until 2013. Additionally, the project successfully completed an initial carbon contract (CAC192027) in April 2015 and transitioned to an updated methodology compilation (Compilation No. 3) in October 2022.