Mt Mulgrave Savanna Burning Project

Mt Mulgrave Savanna Burning Project is a savanna fire management project located at Mt Mulgrave Station, approximately 119km north-northwest of Chillagoe and 320km northwest of Cairns in Far North Queensland. It was registered in October 2015 and currently covers 279,869.26 hectares, following a September 2016 variation that removed some initially listed areas from the project boundaries.

Savanna fire management projects involve conducting strategic, controlled burns during the early dry season to reduce grassy fuel loads. This actively mitigates the risk and severity of uncontrolled, highly emissive wildfires that typically ravage the landscape in the hotter late dry season, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Mt Mulgrave region is known for extensive agricultural grazing, with the station itself operating as a large-scale beef cattle property. The area experiences a tropical savanna climate with both high and low rainfall zones. The landscape includes savanna woodlands, rugged undulating hills, and fertile black soil plains (Vertosols) near river systems like the Mitchell River.

This project was established by the Kingsley family, who have owned the cattle station for over four decades, to actively fight fire with fire and protect the land, native wildlife, and their livelihood from increasingly frequent wildfires. The carbon credits generated provide supplementary, drought-proof income for the station. In early 2016, Corporate Carbon Solutions Pty Ltd was formally added as a project proponent alongside the family's trust, and the project is further supported by South Pole Australia Pty Ltd acting as the agent.