Mountain Valley Station

Mountain Valley Station is a savanna fire management project located in the Top End of the Northern Territory, approximately 150km east of Katherine. It was registered in January 2016 and covers an expansive area of 141,059.62 hectares.

Savanna fire management projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. By proactively reducing the fuel load in both high and low rainfall zones, the project mitigates the risk and severity of late dry season wildfires, which in turn successfully reduces overall greenhouse gas emissions.

The region surrounding Mountain Valley Station is well known for pastoral operations, predominantly operating as large-scale cattle stations. The environment consists of upland savannah grazing country, characterized by sparse woodland with sandy red, brown, and black soils. The region naturally spans both high and low rainfall classifications typical of the Northern Territory's Top End.

The station is currently leased by ASX-listed Duxton Farms Ltd, who signed a five-year lease in late 2022 to diversify their agricultural portfolio into northern cattle and to trial rain-fed cotton production. The carbon project was historically managed by Country Carbon Pty Ltd, which entered into an Enforceable Undertaking with the Clean Energy Regulator in May 2020. Following a participant variation in November 2023, Duxton Farms took over as the primary participant, aligning the carbon abatement project with their ongoing pastoral and cropping operations.