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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           Narrative on select lakes/rivers in HRM        (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:




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


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Clarification letter_to_the_editor by Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville; April 30, 2003:

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Statements by Dy. Mayor Harry McInroy, Councillors Len Goucher, and Bob Harvey

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Warning by GPI Atlantic Inc., a public policy research group with partnership from various universities and Government agencies

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New Dartmouth hosts sickest lakes!

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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:

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The Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax initiates studies of landlocked salmon habitat in the Shubencadie River headwaters

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Local lakes get checkup by the Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax

Sampling Fish Lake, Oakfield, and other lakes:

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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"

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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:

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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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