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Articles in the media on lakes within the Halifax Municipality
Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax (SWCSMH)
Modified: October 02, 2017 
(LAKES/RIVERS in Halifax)
Contents:
Note: The following are a only a
representative selection among hundreds of reports in the printed
media, on a cumulative level, since around 1988. Select other examples
are in the individual web pages of lakes accessible from the Narratives:
- HRM considers restart of lake water sampling program; August 4, 2013
- Official: Stick to supervised lakes
- "A call for water clarity"; Halifax Herald, January 08, 2008
- A superb overview media article by media consultant, Ms. Kim Moar, of The Daily News; April 25, 2003
- Clarification by Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville; April 30, 2003
- Media statements by Dy. Mayor Harry McInroy, and Councillors Len Goucher, and Bob Harvey; April 29, 2003
- Warning by GPI Atlantic Inc., a public policy research
group with partnership from various universities and Government
agencies; July 17, 2000
- New Dartmouth hosts sickest lakes; September 15, 1994
- Overview write-up in a Halifax Herald special; August 1992
- Sampling of lakes all over HRM by the Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax; January 20, 1992
- The Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax
initiates studies of landlocked salmon habitat in the Shubencadie River
headwaters; November 19, 1991
- Local lakes get checkup by the Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax; September 18, 1991
- Paul Mandell, a
freshwater biologist at DFO and a Dalhousie University researcher,
considered Settle Lake, Russell lake, Cranberry Lake, and Oathill Lake
in Dartmouth as the "worst off"
- The Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax warns of deteriorating lakes in the urban HRM area; November 19 1990
- Lake pollutants jeopardize rec programs. Press Release on the Papermill Lake by the BWAC (Bedford Waters Advisory Committee); February 05, 1990
Stormwater and Your Health:
A message from the Medical Officer of Health, Nova Scotia Department of
Health and Halifax Water's Pollution Prevention Office (April, 2016)
A
superb overview media article by media consultant, Kim Moar, The Daily
News- interviews with Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville, over a
period 2-3 months
![[Img-metro1.jpg]](../PIC/metro1.jpg)
![[Img-metro2.jpg]](../PIC/metro2.jpg)
![[Img-metro3.jpg]](../PIC/metro3.jpg)
Clarification letter_to_the_editor by Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville; April 30, 2003:
![[Img-metro4.jpg]](../PIC/metro4.jpg)
Statements by Dy. Mayor Harry McInroy, Councillors Len Goucher, and Bob Harvey
![[Img-metro5.jpg]](../PIC/metro5.jpg)
Warning by GPI Atlantic Inc., a public policy research group with partnership from various universities and Government agencies
![[Img-media_2000-07-27.jpg]](../../HRM/HISTORY/PIC/media_2000-07-27.jpg)
New Dartmouth hosts sickest lakes!
![[Img-media_1994-09-15a.jpg]](../COWBAYR/PIC/media_1994-09-15a.jpg)
Sampling of lakes all over HRM by the Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax
Following article:-- Sampling Second Lake, Sackville by drilling through ice on an especially cold wintry weekend! The Chronicle Herald, January 20, 1992:
![[Img-second]](../SHUBIER/SECOND/PIC/second.jpg)
The
Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax initiates
studies of landlocked salmon habitat in the Shubencadie River headwaters
![[Img-landlockedsalmon.jpg]](../SHUBIER/PIC/landlockedsalmon.jpg)
Local lakes get checkup by the Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax
Sampling Fish Lake, Oakfield, and other lakes:
![[Img-fish1991.jpg]](../SHUBIER/FISH/PIC/fish1991.jpg)
Paul
Mandell, a freshwater biologist at DFO and a Dalhousie University
researcher, considered Settle Lake, Russell lake, Cranberry Lake, and
Oathill Lake in Dartmouth as the "worst off"
![[Img-mandell_media.jpg]](../../HRM/HISTORY/PIC/mandell_media.jpg)
The Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax warns of deteriorating lakes in the urban HRM area!
The Mail Star, November 19, 1990 (Note:
Comments made by us in 1990 are `relative' compared to natural
background values of undisturbed lakes within HRM:
![[Img- media_1990-11-19]](../../HRM/HISTORY/PIC/media_1990-11-19.jpg)
Lake pollutants jeopardize rec programs. Press Release on the Papermill Lake by the BWAC (Bedford Waters Advisory Committee)
The Halifax Herald, February 05, 1990
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