Pullagaroo Station Regeneration Project

The Pullagaroo Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located in the Murchison region of Western Australia, approximately 25km east of Paynes Find and 440km northeast of Perth. Registered in May 2018, the project encompasses a massive area of 75,867 hectares. The surrounding region is defined by its use as pastoral rangeland, primarily supporting sheep and cattle grazing operations on large leasehold properties.

Operating under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, the project focuses on restoring permanent even-aged native forests. The core activity involves managing the timing and extent of grazing by livestock to remove the suppression that previously prevented vegetation from reaching forest status. By controlling grazing pressure, the project allows local native species, existing in the soil seed bank and as rootstock, to regenerate naturally without the need for direct planting.

The environment at Pullagaroo Station is characteristic of the semi-arid Yalgoo bioregion, featuring hot, dry summers and mild winters. Rainfall is low and irregular, typically averaging between 200mm and 250mm annually. The terrain is composed of sand ridges, sandplains, and rocky hills, with soils predominantly consisting of red earth and sandy loams. These conditions support hardy vegetation types such as Mulga (Acacia aneura) shrublands and native grasses, which are the primary targets for regeneration.

The project is managed by the station owners (The Doug Taylor Discretionary Trust and Pascoe Taylor Family Trust) in conjunction with Select Carbon, a carbon service provider now fully owned by Shell Australia. Since its inception, the project has undergone administrative variations, including adjustments to the project area in 2020 to likely exclude non-compliant land or infrastructure, and updates to participant structures to accurately reflect the trust arrangements.