Nimagee Station Regeneration Project

Nimagee Station Regeneration Project is a Human-Induced Regeneration project located at the historic Nimagee Station, approximately 80 kilometres southeast of Cobar near the village of Nymagee in central-western New South Wales. It was registered in March 2023 and initially covered a project area of 6,954 hectares.

Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects focus on establishing permanent even-aged native forests by changing land management practices to allow the natural regeneration of native vegetation. This methodology requires stopping or altering suppressive activities on land where regrowth was actively suppressed for at least 10 years prior to the project commencing. For this project, the proponents are encouraging assisted regeneration from in-situ seed sources, including rootstock and lignotubers, by carefully managing the timing and extent of livestock grazing and humanely controlling feral animals.

The Cobar and Nymagee region is traditionally known for extensive sheep, cattle, and goat grazing. The local environment is classified as semi-arid, experiencing an average annual rainfall of approximately 390 to 430 millimetres. Soils in the area typically consist of soft red loams on the lower plains, which support native vegetation such as Bimble Box, Rosewood, and White Cypress Pine, before transitioning to rockier siliceous or granitic profiles closer to the hills.

Interestingly, the broader Nimagee Station property, spanning 30,186 acres, was sold in April 2021 for $2.7 million, shortly before the carbon project was conceptualised and registered by Hazelmere Property Pty Ltd. Additionally, in March 2026, a variation was made to the project boundaries, officially removing certain listed areas from the project's total extent.