Kilberoo Regeneration Project

The Kilberoo Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Kilberoo Station in the remote Far West of New South Wales. Situated approximately 50km southeast of the border town of Hungerford and roughly 160km northwest of Bourke, the property lies within the sparsely populated grazing country of the Bourke Shire. The project was registered in April 2015 and covers a significant area of 7,715 hectares.

The surrounding region, often referred to as "Back O' Bourke," is dominated by extensive pastoral leases used primarily for grazing sheep, cattle, and rangeland goats. The environment is characterized by a semi-arid to arid climate with highly variable rainfall, averaging approximately 270mm to 280mm annually. The landscape typically consists of Mulga (Acacia aneura) woodlands and shrublands on red earth soils (Kandosols) and sandy loams, interspersed with claypans and drainage lines typical of the Paroo and Warrego river catchments.

As a Human-Induced Regeneration project, Kilberoo focuses on restoring native forest cover through the cessation of suppression activities rather than planting new trees. The methodology requires the proponent to stop mechanical clearing or manage grazing pressure to allow existing seed banks, rootstock, and lignotubers to regenerate into permanent even-aged native forest. A notable administrative detail for this project is the variation in proponent structure; originally registered to individuals Michael and Michaela Fisher, the project was transferred to the corporate entity Kilberoo Pty Ltd in 2018.