Nap Nap Station Landscape Project

Nap Nap Station Landscape Project is a soil carbon project located on the Lower Murrumbidgee floodplain, approximately 70km west of Hay in New South Wales. It was registered in October 2021 and covers 30,094.23 hectares.

Soil carbon projects utilizing the Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration using Measurement and Models methodology involve changing agricultural management practices to increase the amount of organic carbon stored in the earth. Standard requirements typically involve baselining the initial soil carbon levels, implementing new or materially different land management activities, and tracking carbon increases over time through a combination of field measurements and scientific modeling. This specific project incorporates activities such as altering the stocking rate and grazing duration, applying gypsum and nutrients to the soil, and establishing permanent pasture where there was previously no or limited pasture.

The Hay region is generally characterized by semi-arid climatic conditions and low rainfall. The soil types across the Lower Murrumbidgee floodplain range from hard red country to sandy loams and deep grey loams. General land use in this area primarily consists of broadacre sheep and cattle grazing alongside some organic cereal cropping supported by extensive irrigation systems.

This project increases carbon in the agricultural system by undertaking new irrigation. This focus on water efficiency is supported by recent critical infrastructure upgrades on the property under the Australian Government's Off-farm Efficiency Program, which replaced open channels with 85 kilometers of pipelines and improved water delivery for stock and domestic use. Additionally, Nap Nap Station is situated on Nari Nari Country and contains extensive, protected Aboriginal burial sites in its sand hills that are considered to rival the famous Lake Mungo for their historical significance. Most recently, on February 10, 2026, the project formally varied its method from the 2018 soil carbon measurement methodology to the newer 2021 measurement and models determination.