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Selection of our press releases on lakes
within the Halifax Municipality
Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax (SWCSMH)
Created: July 17, 2020 
(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, Ms. Kim Moar, of The Daily News; April 25, 2003
- Clarification by Applied Limnologist, Shalom Mandaville; April 30, 2003
- New Dartmouth hosts sickest lakes; September 15, 1994
- 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
-
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)
New Dartmouth hosts sickest lakes!
![[Img-media_1994-09-15a.jpg]](../COWBAYR/PIC/media_1994-09-15a.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)
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