Lenroy Regeneration Project

The Lenroy Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located on "Lenroy" Station, approximately 20 kilometers north of the remote township of Wanaaring and 200 kilometers northwest of Bourke in New South Wales. Registered in January 2015, the project covers a massive expanse of 31,364 hectares within the Mulga Lands bioregion. This region is historically dominated by rangeland grazing, specifically for sheep, cattle, and goats, which characterizes the primary land use surrounding the project area.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve implementing land management changes to facilitate the regrowth of native forest where it has been previously suppressed. For the Lenroy project, this involves managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing and humanely controlling feral animals, particularly goats, which are a significant pest in the area. By reducing these suppression pressures, the project aims to regenerate native vegetation such as Mulga (Acacia aneura), Wilga (Geijera parviflora), and Narrow-leaf Hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) to a forest cover standard, defined as trees reaching over two meters in height with at least 20% canopy cover.

The environmental setting for the project is semi-arid, typical of Far West NSW, featuring low and variable rainfall. The soils in this area are generally red earths and sandy loams, which support the drought-hardy Mulga shrublands. A notable aspect of this project is its successful delivery against a carbon abatement contract with the Australian Government; the project completed contract CAC192027 in May 2022, delivering 216,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). Additionally, the project has been cited as a source of offsets for Alinta Energy. "Lenroy" itself is a historic property, with records of a cypress pine slab hut dating back to 1893.