Nature Doesn't Recognise Boundaries.
We're connecting communities, knowledge and partnerships to protect the landscapes and waterways that connect us all.
About Us
Turning Collaboration into Action.
The Southern Ranges Environment Alliance is a community-led network that turns local action into regional impact. By sharing knowledge, building partnerships and coordinating landscape-scale initiatives, we create lasting environmental outcomes across the connected landscapes stretching from the Dandenong Ranges to Port Phillip and Western Port Bays.
Why it matters
Healthy Catchments. Thriving Bays.
Every drop of rain begins a journey. What falls in the forests of the Dandenong Ranges flows through creeks, rivers and wetlands before reaching Port Phillip and Western Port Bays. Protecting that journey takes more than local action.
Water Connects Everything
The water flowing through our hills, farms and towns eventually reaches our bays, carrying with it the impacts of every decision made upstream.
Nature Doesn't Recognise Boundaries
Waterways and wildlife don’t stop at council boundaries, yet conservation efforts often do.
Better Together
The greatest environmental outcomes happen when communities work together across entire catchments rather than tackling challenges in isolation.
Take action
Every Contribution Counts.
Give Your Time
Volunteer alongside passionate local communities restoring the landscapes that connect us all.
Share Your Expertise
Collaborate with our network to strengthen projects, partnerships and regional impact.
Support Our Work
Help grow the projects that are protecting our waterways and biodiversity.
Grow With Us
Join a regional alliance creating lasting environmental change across Victoria’s southern catchments.
Our Initiatives
Puffing Billy Trackside Management Plan
This initiative focuses on managing vegetation, preserving native flora, and controlling invasive weed species along the iconic Puffing Billy Railway corridor to maintain biodiversity while ensuring rail safety.
Green
Armies
Program
This program engages teams of young people and community volunteers in hands-on environmental restoration projects, such as revegetation, habitat building, and weed removal across local ecosystems.
Bushfire & Biodiversity Program
This project balances ecological preservation with risk reduction by implementing strategic fuel management, controlled burning, and habitat protection to build fire resilience in local wildlife populations.
Monbulk Creek Community Program
This grassroots initiative mobilizes local residents and landcare groups to restore riparian habitat, improve water quality, and protect threatened species like the platypus within the Monbulk Creek catchment.
How We Make a Difference
Working Together at a Landscape Scale.
1
Coordinate
Help local groups align their efforts into larger regional initiatives.
2
Support
Provide access to funding, knowledge and partnerships that strengthen community-led action.
3
Deliver
Facilitate landscape-scale projects that create lasting environmental outcomes.
4
Grow
Build stronger environmental networks that benefit both people and nature.
