Glen Ailee/Oklahoma Aggregation, Induced Regeneration of a Permanent Even-Aged Native Forest Project

Glen Ailee/Oklahoma Aggregation, Induced Regeneration of a Permanent Even-Aged Native Forest Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at the Glen Ailee Station in Bobadah, approximately 35km south of Nymagee and northwest of Condobolin in central-western New South Wales. It was registered in April 2017 and covers a project area of 549.49 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve regenerating native forests by stopping activities that suppress tree growth. The standard requirements for this methodology stipulate that the land must allow native vegetation to reach forest cover (at least 20% canopy cover and a height of 2 metres) through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers. A key condition for this specific method is that the land must have been cleared of vegetation and regrowth suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing.

The Bobadah and Nymagee area sits within the Cobar Peneplain bioregion. It is characterized by a semi-arid climate with low to moderate rainfall averaging between 350mm and 400mm annually. The soils are typically red loams and Red Kandosols, well known as the "red dirt" country of western NSW. Regional land use is predominantly pastoral, focusing on sheep and cattle grazing, alongside a local history of copper mining and marginal cropping.

To achieve regeneration, the project activities include the cessation of mechanical or chemical destruction of regrowth, the exclusion of livestock, and the humane management of feral animals.

This project is part of a broader aggregation strategy managed by Flowenol Mngt Pty. Ltd., which also operates an environmental planting project on the adjoining Oklahoma Station. The project secured a Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC652213) with the Clean Energy Regulator in December 2018, which was successfully completed on September 24, 2019, after delivering its fixed commitment of 8,000 ACCUs to the Commonwealth. An interesting historical note is that the project area is located in the immediate vicinity of the historic sheep station "The Overflow," which is famously immortalised in A.B. "Banjo" Paterson's classic Australian poem, "Clancy of the Overflow".