Yuin Station, Murchison HIR Aggregation

Yuin Station, Murchison HIR Aggregation is a human-induced regeneration project located at Yuin Station in the Murchison Shire of Western Australia, roughly 63km north of Pindar and inland from the coastal city of Geraldton. It was registered in September 2020 and covers 126,426.25ha.

Human-induced regeneration projects involve establishing permanent native forests by changing land management practices to allow in-situ seed sources, rootstock, and lignotubers to naturally regenerate. This methodology requires stopping activities that have suppressed tree growth for at least 10 years, which in this project involves managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing and humanely controlling feral animals.

The Murchison area is predominantly known for extensive pastoral operations, specifically sheep and cattle grazing, as well as mining. The region features an arid to semi-arid climate with low, predominantly winter rainfall. The local soils generally consist of red sandy earths, hardpan loams, and calcareous soils that support native saltbush flats and mulga woodlands.

Yuin Station holds significant local history as the first pastoral lease established in the Murchison district, originally settled in 1867. While the property once carried up to 25,000 sheep during the height of the wool boom, historical overgrazing and feral wild dogs heavily impacted the landscape, making it an ideal site for a carbon project focused on native forest regeneration and sustainable land management.