Blewett Carbon Project 3

Blewett Carbon Project 3 is a soil carbon sequestration project located approximately 25 kilometers east of the rural locality of Westmar and 50 kilometers southwest of Moonie, in the Western Downs region of Queensland. Registered on December 9, 2022, the project covers a land area of 315.80 hectares. The project is situated within the fertile Brigalow Belt, a region historically cleared for agriculture and heavily utilized for cattle grazing and dryland cropping.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration using Measurement and Models) Methodology Determination 2021. This methodology requires the proponent to measure baseline soil carbon levels and implement management changes to increase those levels over time. Specific activities for this project include altering the stocking rate, duration, or intensity of grazing, and establishing or maintaining pasture on land that was previously cropped or fallow. The goal is to improve soil health and vegetation cover, thereby sequestering atmospheric carbon into the soil profile.

The environment in the Western Downs is characterized by a semi-arid to sub-tropical climate with summer-dominant rainfall, averaging approximately 550mm to 600mm annually. The terrain typically consists of flat to gently undulating plains featuring grey and brown Vertosols (cracking clay soils), which are highly productive but prone to compaction if not managed carefully. The existence of multiple projects sharing the "Blewett" name (e.g., Blewett Carbon Project 1 and Blewett Carbon Project 5) suggests this project is part of a larger agricultural aggregation where the landholder has segmented their property to stage the implementation of carbon farming activities.