The reserve is managed under a memorandum of understanding with the Gawambaraay Pilliga Co-management Committee. The committee includes Elders and representatives from Baradine, Coonabarabran, Gunnedah, Gwabegar, Narrabri and Pilliga Aboriginal communities.
The reserve contains a range of Aboriginal sites, including etchings, hand stencils, ochre quarries, grinding grooves and stone artefact scatters that are of significance to local Aboriginal communities. It also contains sites of historic heritage value, including a section of the Pilliga Dog Proof Fence. Sixteen threatened animal species, three threatened plant species and two endangered ecological communities have also been recorded in the reserve.
