Conways Station (Revoked)

Conways Station (Revoked) is a savanna fire management project located at Conways Station, approximately 180km east of Katherine in the Roper region of the Northern Territory. It was registered in January 2015 and covers a project area of 96,866.44 ha within a larger 139,200 ha pastoral aggregation.

Savanna fire management projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. This controlled burning reduces fuel loads and significantly lowers the risk, extent, and severity of destructive late dry season wildfires, which produce higher greenhouse gas emissions.

The Roper region is primarily known for extensive cattle grazing operations and professional wild buffalo mustering. The area is classified as a high rainfall zone, receiving an annual average of between 845mm and over 1,000mm. The local environment features a mix of tropical savannas, riverine woodlands, black soil plains, and red tippera soils.

The project varied its methodology in 2017 to align with the 2015 methodology determination before ultimately being revoked in September 2023 under section 29 of the CFI Rule. Following the revocation, the pastoral lease was purchased in October 2023 by a joint venture between Wealthcheck and Viridios Capital for $20 million. The new owners have since transitioned the property's carbon strategy by launching the "Waterhouse River Carbon Project", a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) initiative designed to restore native vegetation alongside a sustainable cattle and feral animal management operation.