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Modified: December 20, 2020                         Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax                           Credits

Notes: The videos are select examples of over 330, mostly half-hour, educational television shows that we had produced, though some were of subsequent research initiatives. They are kindly hosted on the YouTube. The `knowledge' in most of these videos is as current today as it was when they were produced. Click on the web links which are a subtle change in colour; In most cases, the photos/icons can be clicked upon as well in order to launch the videos.

(.............. in memory of our dearly departed associate, Peter Shacklock, a research biologist. Peter, using his own electronic equipment, had digitized select videos from our 3rd and 4th generation SVHS television tapes)

in memory of Peter Shacklock

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Person-Planet relationship

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Dr. John Vallentyne PhD a.k.a. `Johnny Biosphere', Co-Chairman, Science Advisory Panel, Canada U.S. Joint Commission on Great Lakes Water Quality. (28:30 minute video); Host-Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville
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Select stressors/pollutants

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Typical pollutants in stormwater runoff- mostly nonpoint sources (NPS):-

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A half-hour video titled, "Environmental Impact on Water Courses" featuring John Sheppard PEng, Halifax County Engineer; Host-Capt. Mike Shacklock

...... though we prefer that proponents carry out end-of-the-pipe total stormwater treatment as far as possible, but John's promotion of community stewardship empowers the individual. A combination of the two would be the most desirable.



Significant effects of siltation:-

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A 29:14 minute video, "Fisheries Habitat and Life cycle", Federal DFO.

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A half-hour video on the "Direct and indirect deleterious effects of siltation on the fishery potential of rivers" featuring DFO's Habitat Biologist, Dave Morantz MSc; Host-Applied limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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Half-hour video on "Trout, Salmon, and Silt" featuring DFO's habitat biologist, Dave Morantz MSc; Host- Biologist, Peter Shacklock

Erosion & Sediment Controls:-

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A half-hour video on Erosion and Sediment Control featuring senior environmental engineer, John Theakston MEng PEng of the NS Dept. of the Environment- includes case histories of successes and failures; Host- Applied limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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What is Soil Erosion? Watch a 9:35 minute video produced by the world renown U.S. Dept. of Agriculture


Acid Deposition:-

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A half-hour video titled, "Acidity of Metro Lakes and Wetland protection" featuring Prof. Evil Gorham PhD (`Grandfather of Acid Rain'); Hosts-Biologist, Peter Shacklock, and Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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Half-hour video titled, "Acid Rain and impact on Atlantic Salmon" featuring Dr. Walton Watt PhD of DFO; Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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A half-hour video titled, "Liming of acidic streams and lakes" featuring Dr. Walton Watt PhD of DFO; Host- Biologist, Peter Shacklock
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Freshwater Benthic Ecology

"Biomonitoring is the systematic use of living organisms or their responses to determine the quality of the environment. Water pollution is essentially a biological problem. Chemical measurements are like taking snapshots of the ecosystem, whereas biological measurements are like making a videotape. The ultimate purpose of environmental assessment and regulation is the maintenance of biological integrity, ..................." -- Prof. David M. Rosenberg PhD, Univ. of Manitoba and the Freshwater Institute, DFO, Winnipeg. (cf. Bull. Entomol. Soc. Can. 1998. 30(4):144-152.)
Secondary Contents:-

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Watch a half-hour 1999 video titled, "Benthic Macroinvertebrates" filmed at Russell Lake, Dartmouth, as well as at the laboratory of the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC), Halifax.
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Paleolimnology

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Powerpoint presentation by Prof. John P. Smol FRSC and his team at the Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL) meeting in January, 2004 on the 5‑year (Nov. 2002-2007) NSERC Strategic Grant to researchers at Queen's and Trent Universities to study the development and application of paleo tools in Nova Scotia and Southern New Brunswick including select lakes within HRM.

An update powerpoint presentation by Prof. Dr. Pete Dillon FRSC at the Nova Scotia Dept. of Environment & Labour on August 17, 2006.

Instructions on viewing powerpoint slides with the Internet Explorer: Click on the powerpoint with your mouse or press the Page Down button on your keyboard to advance through the slides
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Community Stewardship Practices


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Watch a half-hour video titled, "Environmental Impact on Water Courses" featuring
John Sheppard PEng, Halifax County Engineer; Host-Capt. Mike Shacklock




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A 54:47 minute video of the presentation on First Lake Watershed Management by the Halifax County Municipality and video production by our team

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Diffusion of urban/suburban stormwater over natural woodland soils is preferable over the routine practice of channelization: watch Prof. Dr. Pete Ogden III Jr. of Dalhousie University, Halifax in a 2:18 minute video
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Freshwaters

Secondary Contents:-

Biology and habitat:-

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Brook trout: a half-hour video titled, "Biology and habitat of Brook trout" featuring biologist, Andrew Hebda; Host- Biologist, Peter Shacklock

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Smallmouth bass: a half-hour video titled, "Biology and habitat of Smallmouth bass" featuring biologist, Andrew Hebda; Host- Biologist, Peter Shacklock

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Yellow perch: a half-hour video titled, "Biology and habitat of Yellow perch" featuring biologist, Andrew Hebda; Host- Biologist, Peter Shacklock

The Shubenacadie System:-

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View a musical video of the "Stonemason's Song" followed by the "Land of the Silver Birch" produced as part of our educational series; History of the Shubenacadie song

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Fish species of the Shubenacadie Grand Lake system: A half-hour video titled, "Fish species of the Grand Lake system" featuring biologist and underwater videographer, Lawrence Taylor MSc; Host– Biologist, Andrew Hebda MSc

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Smallmouth bass of Shubenacadie Grand Lake: A half-hour video titled, "Smallmouth bass of Grand Lake" featuring biologist and underwater videographer, Lawrence Taylor MSc; Host- Biologist, Andrew Hebda MSc

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Gilbert van Ryckevorsel, Aquamarine Photography. "Underwater video of Shubenacadie Lake and Shubenacadie River"; Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville (28:36 video)

Rainwater as an alternative source in Nova Scotia:-

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Half-hour video titled, "Rainwater collection in Nova Scotia and the West Indies" with Rick Scott MASc, CWRS, TUNS; Host- Biologist, Peter Shacklock
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Marine ecosystems

Secondary Contents:

International Law of the Sea:-

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Elizabeth Mann Borgese, Professor, Political Science, and International Oceans Institute, Dalhousie Univ. "International Law of the Sea" (28:37 minute video); Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

Halifax Harbour:-

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A half-hour video titled, "Sediments of Halifax Harbour" featuring Dr. Dale Buckely PhD of the Atlantic Geoscience Centre, BIO; Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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A half-hour video titled, "Sidescan sonar photography of Halifax Harbour" featuring Gordon Fader of the Atlantic Geoscience Centre, BIO; Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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Half-hour video titled, "Geological and Geochemical studies of Halifax Harbour" featuring Dr. Dale Buckely PhD of the Atlantic Geoscience Centre, BIO; Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville
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Marine underwater videos:-

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Lawrence Taylor MSc, Biologist & Underwater Photographer. "A YEAR IN REVIEW" (28:56 minute underwater video); Host- Joanne Taylor

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"Paddy's Cove, St. Mgts' Bay" (29:36 minute underwater video) featuring biologist and underwater photographer, Bob Semple MSc; Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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Chedabucto Bay (28:59 minute underwater video), off Cape Breton featuring underwater photographer, Gilbert van Ryckevorsel (28:59 minute video); Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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Ship wrecks and rescue with biologist and underwater photographer, Bob Semple MSc (29:12 minutes); Host- Capt. Mike Shacklock

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A humorous underwater video of gigantic lobsters interspersed with animation and scary music with biologist and underwater photographer, Bob Semple MSc (29:20 minutes); Host- Capt. Mike Shacklock

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Trigger fish- Visitors of the Gulf Stream to Paddy's Head, St. Mgts' Bay featuring Gilbert van Ryckevorsel, Aquamarine Photography (29:28 minutes); Host- Biologist, Andrew Hebda MSc

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Lawrence Taylor MSc, Consulting biologist. Bottom culture of scallops (29:06 minutes); Host- Biologist, Andrew Hebda MSc

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Gilbert van Ryckevorsel, Aquamarine Photography- "Bluefin Tuna" (29:08 minutes); Host- Biologist, Andrew Hebda MSc
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Wastewater and Typical Removals

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Half-hour video titled, "Treatment Plant Theory" featuring Prof. Dr. Dan Thirumurthi PhD PEng (TUNS); Host- Biologist, Peter Shacklock

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A half-hour video titled, "Sewage Treatment Plants" featuring Prof. Dr. Dan Thirumurthi PhD PEng (TUNS); Host- Biologist, Peter Shacklock
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Climate Change/Global Warming

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(28:47 minute video) Dr. Allyn Clarke PhD, Head, Ocean Circulation, BIO. "The 1995 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment"-(what the IPCC is and how it tries to reach a scientific consensus on what sort of climate change we might expect over the next 50-200 years, how we might reduce our risks that such scenarios might come to pass, and what those present predictions are); Host- Dr. Patrick Ryall PhD, Chairman, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University

Wetlands worldwide and effects of greenhouse gases:-

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Half-hour video titled, "Wetlands worldwide and effects of greenhouse gases" featuring Prof. Evil Gorham PhD (`Grandfather of Acid Rain'); Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville
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Other science topics

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Accidental Discoveries in Science:-

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Dr. Mary Ann White PhD, Professor, Chemistry, Dalhousie Univ. "ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE" (28:44 minute video); Host- Biologist, Andrew Hebda MSc

Community-based ATES (Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage):-

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Frank Cruikshank, C&E, Environment Canada. "Community-based ATES (Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage)", a 28:39 minute video; Host- Biologist, Peter Shacklock

Rare plants of Nova Scotia:-

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Alex Wilson MSc, Botanist, N.S. Museum. "Rare plants of Nova Scotia" (30:08 minute video); Host- Capt. Mike Shacklock
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Geology of Nova Scotia:-

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Dr. Howard Donohoe PhD, N.S. Dept. of Mines & Energy. "Fossils: Life through time, Part–1 of 2" (28:30 minute video); Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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Dr. Howard Donohoe PhD, N.S. Dept. of Mines & Energy. "Fossils: Life through time, Part-2 of 2" (28:24 minute video); Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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Dr. Howard Donohoe PhD, N.S. Dept. of Mines & Energy. "Gold, Africa, and Taylor Head" (28:48 minute video); Host- Capt. Mike Shacklock of HRM

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Dr. Howard Donohoe PhD, N.S. Dept. of Mines & Energy. "Dinosaurs, Amethyst, and Ice- Five Islands Park" Fossils (28:11 minute video); Host- Capt. Mike Shacklock

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Dr. Howard Donohoe PhD, N.S. Dept. of Mines & Energy. "Producing our mineral wealth" (27:46 minute video); Host- Capt. Mike Shacklock

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Peggys Cove Landforms (outdoors filming); Narrator- Dr. Howard Donohoe PhD, Nova Scotia Dept. of Natural Resources Fossils (25:04 minute video)
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Our activities, in a nutshell

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Overview:-


Our lake underwater and littoral cleanups (select examples only):-

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Watch a ten-minute video of our "cleanup of Kearney Lake", Halifax


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Watch a twenty four-minute video of our "cleanup of Settle Lake", Dartmouth
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CREDITS

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Developed by Shalom M. Mandaville Professional Lake Manage. (lakescienceImg-atsign-bold.gifoutlook.com)

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Extensive video digitization by biologist and Associate Producer, Peter Shacklock


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Salutations to our founding partner at NSE during 1989-90, limnologist, John Underwood PhD; click his mini photograph to view a 1.4-minute excerpt from a video on lakes; Host- Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville

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