Rocky Station Human-Induced Regeneration Project

Rocky Station Human-Induced Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located in the Murweh Shire, approximately 50km southeast of Charleville and 40km southwest of Morven in South West Queensland. It was registered in May 2018 and covers an extensive area of 15,362.81 ha.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects involve regenerating permanent even-aged native forests by altering land management practices. Under standard methodology requirements, these projects must demonstrate that the regenerated area can reach a forest cover of at least 20% canopy cover and trees reaching 2 metres in height on land where vegetation was previously suppressed for at least 10 years.

The Murweh Shire region's land use is overwhelmingly pastoral, with a heavy focus on extensive sheep and cattle grazing on large leasehold properties. The local environment is considered semi-arid, experiencing low and erratic average rainfall typically between 400mm and 510mm annually. Soils in the region generally consist of Kandosols (red, yellow, and grey massive earths) and Chromosols, which support the native mulga vegetation characteristic of the Mulga Lands bioregion.

This project establishes permanent native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers. The primary project activities involve the cessation of mechanical or chemical destruction, or suppression, of regrowth. Originally established by Jeffrey and Susan Murphy, the participant names were officially varied in February 2026 to Keiran Delforce and Rebecca McKeering. Delivered in partnership with CO2 Australia, the project holds an active Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC893173) originating from a June 2018 auction. Under this fixed-delivery contract, the project committed to delivering 66,080 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) over 8.16 years, and as of mid-2026, 41,434 of these ACCUs have been successfully sold to the Commonwealth.