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Information technologies can empower and promote active participation from land managers in carbon farming projects. As a carbon service provider, we have leveraged the capabilities of the information technology Fulcrum® to develop customised applications to support land managers undertaking Huma n Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects in remote rangeland environments. Through a shared platform, Fulcrum allows land managers and carbon service providers to record and share information on management interventions which promote carbon sequestration, vegetation growth and project progress. This approach can also enhance the integrity of HIR projects by using technological solutions to provide evidence of project activities and progress. In this study we look at the use of Fulcrum for the portfolio of HIR projects that we service in the southern rangelands of Western Australia (WA). We assess Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the database of the 'Management Activities Application' (MAA) which is the customised application that we created in Fulcrum to support these land managers. The results demonstrate the successful adoption and sustained use of Fulcrum by land managers in these locations with ongoing engagement and collaboration key contributors to this. The adoption and establishment of these ways of working provides opportunities to support land management in these areas more broadly.