Wagga Wagga Station

Wagga Wagga Station is a Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) project located approximately 30km east of the township of Yalgoo in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Registered in March 2023, the project covers a significant pastoral holding of roughly 85,676 hectares. It is important to distinguish this remote pastoral station from the major regional city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales; this project sits deep in the Murchison rangelands, roughly 410km north-northeast of Perth.

Human-Induced Regeneration projects in this region typically involve changes to land management practices to allow native vegetation, which has been suppressed for at least 10 years, to regenerate. This is achieved by managing the timing and extent of grazing, often involving the installation of new fencing or the complete destocking of specific areas to protect young regrowth. The project is managed by Australian Integrated Carbon (AI Carbon), a prominent developer in the sector.

The Yalgoo region is characterized by a semi-arid to arid climate with low, irregular rainfall averaging around 260mm annually. The landscape typically features red earth soils, sandy loams, and shallow soils over hardpan, supporting vegetation dominated by Mulga (Acacia aneura) woodlands and shrublands. Interestingly, historical reports suggest the station was previously destocked of sheep due to severe issues with wild dogs, a factor that often aligns with the transition from traditional pastoralism to carbon farming, as the removal of livestock pressure is the primary mechanism required to earn carbon credits under this methodology.