Congararra Regeneration Project

Congararra Regeneration Project is a human-induced regeneration project located on Congararra Station, approximately 135km north of Bourke in outback NSW. It was registered in August 2015 and covers 29,055.77ha.

Human-induced regeneration projects involve changing land management practices to facilitate the natural regrowth of native forest, with the requirement that the vegetation has the potential to reach forest cover, defined as at least 20% crown cover and 2 metres in height.

The Bourke and Enngonia region is known for extensive pastoral operations, primarily grazing Dorper sheep, goats, and cattle. The area is classified as semi-arid with low rainfall, featuring red sandy loams and highly fertile black and red soils, along with beneficial flood-out areas fed by the Warrego River system.

This project achieves regeneration by actively managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing and humanely managing feral animals to allow previously suppressed native vegetation to recover. The project was originally established by Dan and Sally Muenster before the property was acquired in 2023 by Grimwade & Gordon Land Pty Ltd. The investors purchased Congararra alongside a neighbouring property for a combined $26 million, drawn both to the lucrative carbon contracts in place and the station's viability as a large-scale commercial goat enterprise.