The  Alaska Village Trailer Park, developed in the 1960’s, rerouted more than a quarter-mile of the once-vibrant Chester Creek and eliminated the functions of its surrounding floodplain.  The salmon stream that meandered through the trailer park site was channelized into an irrigation ditch.  Not only was the waterway severely damaged, but also the natural vegetation bordering the creek was destroyed and the wildlife habitat, including salmon passage and spawning areas, was extremely compromised.

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Municipality of Anchorage , Venture Development Group, Anchorage Waterways Council.

The old trailer park has been removed and extensive cleanup has been completed to bring the site back into environmental standards for new development.  More than 2,000 linear feet the stream has been re-aligned creating curves, pools, riffles, and a floodplain. Stream banks have been rehabilitated to reduce erosion, and plantings of native trees and plants, including more than 32,000 willow shrubs planted with volunteers from the Anchorage Waterways Council, are being completed this year.  This will be the second year that salmon have returned to this area of the city.