Yarraquin Station Regeneration Project

Yarraquin Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located at Yarraquin Station, a pastoral lease approximately 7km east of Cue and 71km north of Mount Magnet in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It was registered in May 2019 by proponents Lorraine Patricia Breese and Peter William Savage, and it covers an expansive area of 128,514.83 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve regenerating native forest by changing land management practices to allow previously suppressed vegetation to grow into a mature native forest, which under the standard methodology must have the potential to reach a minimum of 20% crown cover and a height of at least 2 metres. This specific project establishes permanent, even-aged native forests through assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers.

The Mid West region around Cue is classified as a semi-arid rangeland and is traditionally utilized for widespread cattle and sheep grazing operations. The regional environment is characterized by a desert-like climate with low and highly erratic rainfall, generally averaging around 200 to 250mm per year. The soils in the immediate area typically consist of alluvial sands and clays situated over basal rock, alongside the red loams and shallow stony laterite soils that are common throughout the Mulga region.

To achieve successful regeneration, the project's core activities focus on the humane management of feral animals and controlling the timing and extent of livestock grazing on land where vegetation was previously cleared and its regrowth was suppressed for at least 10 years prior to commencement. Interestingly, a variation was applied to the project in July 2020, which removed specific areas of land from the original registration. Furthermore, the project was originally contracted to the Commonwealth in August 2019 and successfully completed its Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC873037) in August 2023, delivering its committed volume of 18,703 carbon credits.