Coodardy Station Regeneration Project

Coodardy Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Coodardy Station, approximately 40 to 50 kilometres northwest of the historical mining town of Cue in Western Australia's Murchison region. It was registered in November 2018 and covers a vast 166,176 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve establishing permanent, even-aged native forests through assisted regeneration. This methodology relies on in-situ seed sources, such as rootstock and lignotubers, to naturally regenerate land where forest regrowth had previously been suppressed for at least 10 years. To achieve this, the project implements key management activities including controlling the timing and extent of livestock grazing, as well as managing non-native plants and weeds to remove pressures on the regenerating ecosystem.

The surrounding Murchison region is characterised as semi-arid rangelands, primarily used for extensive sheep and cattle pastoral grazing, alongside historical and active gold mining operations. The environment experiences hot, dry summers and highly erratic, low annual rainfall averaging around 250mm. Soils in the area typically consist of red loamy earths, red shallow loams over hardpans, and sandy clays overlying granitic and greenstone bedrock.

Coodardy Pastoral Co. Pty Ltd acts as the project proponent, alongside environmental service provider Select Carbon Pty Ltd who operates as an agent. Notably, this project secured a fixed delivery Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC644637) in the December 2018 auction, which was successfully completed by late January 2022. Shortly after, in March 2022, a variation was made to the project to remove specific listed areas from the overall project boundary. The property itself holds rich local history, originally established as a pastoral lease during the nearby Cuddingwarra gold boom of the late 19th century.