The sale of exhausted mining leases is fuelling urban sprawl. TEC commissioned a report on environmental conservation to advocate an alternative future:

Central Coast mining and natural areas Map

In order to increase development potential in a water constrained future, Wyong Council is pressing for mobile desalination plants.  We have proposed an alternative approach - Alternative to Central Coast Desal.   

The Draft Wyong Conservation Strategy (2003) was developed as a major contribution to future urban and subdivision planning in the Wyong Shire on the NSW Central Coast. It is an objective and professional document. However, the current Councillors have decided to ignore the Strategy and withdraw it from use. Total Environment Centre has placed the document in the public domain here, in the interests of community right to know and good planning.

On 1 December 2004 the Council requested TEC not display the draft Wyong Conservation Strategy on our website. TEC will not be complying and key parts are:

1. Introduction
2. Policy Context
3. Study Area
(4/5 - not reproduced).
6. Threatened Species
7. Wildife Corridors
8. Conservation Assessment
9. Conservation Assessment Results
10. Elements of a Conservation Strategy