Yuinmery Station Regeneration Project

Yuinmery Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located in the remote Murchison region of Western Australia, approximately 80 kilometers southwest of the township of Sandstone. Registered in March 2022, the project covers a vast expanse of roughly 125,000 hectares. The surrounding region is defined by large-scale pastoral leases traditionally used for grazing sheep and cattle, coexisting with significant mineral exploration activities, particularly for copper and gold within the Youanmi Greenstone Belt.

The project operates under the Human-Induced Regeneration methodology, which focuses on restoring native forest cover on land where vegetation has been historically suppressed. In the context of Yuinmery Station, which transitioned from sheep to cattle operations in the late 2000s, the project activities primarily involve managing the timing and extent of grazing. This includes controlling livestock pressure and actively managing feral animals, such as goats, to allow the native seed bank, specifically rootstock and lignotubers, to regenerate into permanent forest.

Environmentally, the area is classified as semi-arid to arid, receiving a low and variable average rainfall of approximately 200mm per year. The terrain features broad valleys with soils predominantly consisting of red earths and sandy loams typical of the Murchison rangelands, supporting "Mulga" (Acacia aneura) shrublands and woodlands.

An interesting historical note is that the property has been held by the Lefroy family since 1917. Additionally, the station is scientifically significant as the location where the inland forest bat (Vespadelus baverstocki) was first described. The project also underwent a variation in May 2022 to adjust its boundaries, a common practice to refine carbon estimation areas or account for overlapping land-use interests such as mining tenements.