Burrinjuck Nature Reserve

The Burrinjuck Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve on the south west slopes of New South Wales, Australia. The 5250ha reserve is located adjacent to the Burrinjuck Dam, with of the reserve located on the northern side of the reservoir, and the remaining located on the southern side of the reservoir to the northeast of Black Andrew Nature Reserve. It includes land formerly managed as the Burrinjuck State Forest and Burrinjuck State Recreation Area.HistoryThe reserve was established in 1984. Initially, it consisted of of land, but and about of the former Burrinjuck State Recreation Area were added in 2001 following the passage of the, and a further were added to the western side of the reserve in 2006.The entire reserve has been subject to bushfire, though some parts of the reserve have experienced fire more often than others. A particularly severe fire in the summer of 1972–1973 burnt around of land in the area. Recent work demonstrated that the vegetation communities in the reserve appear to be quite resilient to fire.Public facilitiesThe only public facilities in the reserve are the Hume and Hovell Track and a track that leads to the summit of Mt. Barren Jack from Burrinjuck Waters State Park.