Canegrass Station Carbon Sequestration Project using the HIR Method

Canegrass Station Carbon Sequestration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located on the pastoral property "Canegrass Station," approximately 70km north of Morgan and 250km northeast of Adelaide in South Australia. Registered in April 2021, the project covers a massive area of 48,019 hectares within the Pastoral Unincorporated Area. The region is traditionally utilized for extensive sheep and goat grazing, characterized by its remoteness and "saltbush meat" production systems.

The project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which facilitates the restoration of native forest cover by managing the factors that previously suppressed regrowth. In this specific location, the suppression activities identified are primarily grazing pressure and feral animals. By managing the timing and extent of grazing and controlling pests, the proponent aims to allow native vegetation, stored in the soil as seed or present as suppressed rootstock, to regenerate into permanent forest.

Environmentally, the Canegrass Station area is classified as semi-arid rangeland with an average annual rainfall of approximately 225mm to 240mm. The landscape features flat clay pans and red loam soils that typically support chenopod shrublands (such as saltbush and bluebush), Black Oak (Casuarina pauper), and Mulga woodlands.

An interesting aspect of this property's history is its water management; previous owners developed a "Superdam" system to cope with the high evaporation rates of the arid climate. Additionally, registry data indicates that this project (ERF164663) was registered immediately following the voluntary revocation of a predecessor project (ERF157153) on the same property in April 2021, suggesting a restructuring of the project's administrative or boundary details shortly after the property changed hands in late 2019.