Adelong Station Regeneration Project

Adelong Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Adelong Station, approximately 21km west of the town of Menzies in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. Registered in May 2018, the project originally covered over 86,000 hectares of the pastoral lease. The station, now owned by the Menzies Aboriginal Corporation, is a dual-use property that balances traditional pastoral grazing with conservation initiatives.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects in this context involve changing land management practices to allow the regeneration of native forests from in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers. For Adelong Station, this primarily involves managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing to suppress its impact on vegetation, thereby permitting the regrowth of native species such as Mulga (Acacia aneura), saltbush, and bluebush. The methodology requires that the land was previously cleared and regrowth suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project's commencement.

The Menzies region is characterized by a semi-arid to arid climate with an average annual rainfall of approximately 250mm, though recent years have often seen lower totals. The landscape features extensive Mulga woodlands and shrublands on red loamy earths, sandy loams, and hardpan plains. The project successfully secured a carbon abatement contract (CAC918036) with the Australian Government, which the input data notes has now been completed. Beyond carbon farming, the Menzies Aboriginal Corporation is actively working to restore heritage railway cottages on the station to boost local tourism, highlighting a broader strategy of economic diversification.