Darling River Eco Corridor 27

Darling River Eco Corridor 27 is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 100km west of Bourke in the far north-west of New South Wales. Registered in February 2018, the project encompasses a significant area of 37,569 hectares within the Mulga Lands bioregion. It operates across the pastoral properties of Goonery and Tringadee, situated in a remote area roughly halfway between the towns of Bourke and Wanaaring.

The project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which involves changes in land management to allow native forests to regenerate from in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers. For this specific project, the primary activities include the strategic management of grazing timing and extent, alongside the humane control of feral animals. By suppressing these pressures, particularly from feral goats and unmanaged livestock, the project aims to restore permanent native forest cover on land that had been suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement.

The region is characterized by a semi-arid climate with low and variable rainfall, historically averaging around 280mm annually. The landscape features undulating plains with red sandy loam soils, typical of the Mulga Lands, alongside some clay floodplains. Land use in this area is predominantly rangeland grazing for sheep and cattle. The project has reportedly allowed the landholders to invest in infrastructure such as exclusion fencing and trap yards, significantly reducing feral goat populations from thousands to negligible numbers, thereby improving both biodiversity and the resilience of their grazing enterprise during drought conditions.