The Committee of Management and Trust for Nature acknowledges the Taungurung people as the traditional owners of the land this reserve sits within. Taungurung Traditional Owners have been involved in the Committee of Management’s cool season burning program that is necessary to maintain landscape health.
A number of pest plants and animals occur on at Burge Family Reserve. The main pest plants in recent years have been Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus sp aggregate), St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum, Horehound, and Toowoomba Canary Grass (Phalaris aquatica). Most of these have been successfully eradicated, except for St. John’s Wort, which requires on-going control. A relatively new invasive plant, South African Weed Orchid (Disa bracteata), has taken hold in the reserve and is now requiring considerable effort and funds to try to control. Until it is controlled, the reserve is closed from 1st November – 31st March during the invasive orchid flowering season.