Green Creek Regeneration Project

Green Creek Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located approximately 70km northwest of Bourke in NSW. It was registered in March 2022 and covers 11,548.02ha.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects involve changing land management practices, such as managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing, to allow native forests to naturally regenerate from in-situ seed sources. These projects typically aim for the regenerating vegetation to achieve forest cover, which often requires a stocking density of around 320 stems per hectare to reach maturity.

The Bourke area is well-known for widespread agricultural use, predominantly sheep and cattle grazing. The environment is semi-arid with low rainfall, and the region's soils are generally red earths, chromosols, and clay.

This project establishes permanent native forests on land that was previously cleared of vegetation and where regrowth had been suppressed by livestock for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. In January 2023, the project's participant name was updated from Green Creek Pastoral Company Pty Ltd to the trustees for SW Gubbins Trust Estate No. 3, a change that occurred around the same time an ASIC-initiated proposed deregistration notice was issued for the original pastoral company.