Yoweragabbie Station Regeneration Project

The Yoweragabbie Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located on the historic Yoweragabbie pastoral lease, approximately 28 kilometers southwest of Mount Magnet in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Registered in May 2018, the project covers a vast area of 105,568 hectares within the Shire of Mount Magnet. The station sits in the remote rangelands between Mount Magnet and Yalgoo, a region traditionally dominated by pastoral sheep and cattle grazing.

The project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which involves changing land management practices to facilitate the regrowth of native forest from existing seed banks (such as rootstock and lignotubers). Unlike tree planting projects, HIR relies on natural regeneration by suppressing threats like unrestricted grazing. For Yoweragabbie, project activities specifically include managing the timing and extent of grazing, often through rotational grazing systems, and controlling feral animals. This allows native vegetation, primarily Mulga (Acacia aneura) and associated shrublands, to recover canopy density on land where regrowth had been suppressed for at least a decade.

Environmentally, the Yoweragabbie area is classified as semi-arid with a low and variable annual rainfall of approximately 200–260mm. The landscape is typical of the Murchison region, featuring "Mulga-Wandarrie" country with soils that are predominantly red earth, shallow sands, and sandy loams over hardpan. The station itself has a rich history; it includes the site of the gazetted (but never developed) town of Yoweragabbie and was a major wool producer in the early 20th century before shifting focus to cattle and carbon farming. The proponent, Jorgen Lawn Jensen, was a key figure in advocating for the Western Australian government's 2019 decision to allow carbon farming on pastoral leases, viewing it as a way to drought-proof the property and diversify income.