The mission of the AWC is to protect, restore, and enhance the waterways, wetlands, and associated uplands of Anchorage.
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LITTLE CAMPBELL CREEK ALCOVE CONNECTION TO BE MADE!
Thursday, July 24, 11 am
Please join us as the long awaited connection between the fish refuge alcove and Little Campbell Creek is made. The location is Meadow Park at 68th and Meadow (one block east of Brayton). Thanks to all our business partners and volunteers who helped make this a reality.
On June 20, a group of AWC staff, volunteers, and cadets from the Alaska Military Youth Academy spent the day cleaning up trash, weeding invasive plants, replacing the old construction fencing with branches, planting trees, and digging out most of the soon-to-be opened channel.
AWC Membership Drive Kickoff
On June 9, the AWC launched its 2008 membership drive as part of the Salmon in the City Festival. Mayor Mark Begich joined then, have you? It's easy! You can do it online. Just click the "Join Us" button at the top of this page. EVERY membership makes a huge difference in the care of our creeks!
Summer Projects
We have a lot going this summer, including several new projects:
- • Completing the Little Campbell Creek Alcove Project which began last summer
- • Collecting data on fecal coliform bacteria levels in Little Rabbit Creek and Little Survival Creek
- • Maintaining and doing calibration checks for temperature monitors which were installed in late spring
- • Collecting data on fecal coliform levels in Jewel Lake
- • Working with landowners in the Little Campbell Creek Watershed to improve creek protection.
Protecting Our Creeks
The most basic step in caring for our creeks is something that everyone can do. While you travel throughout our city take notice of the many creeks and look for anything that “doesn’t seem right”. Use your instincts, these can include a creek that normally runs clear and is now running cloudy, a pipe dumping nasty water into a creek, clearing of vegetation right next to the creek, or a development project with muddy water entering the creek. If it looks nasty and not good for fish, then it probably isn’t.
You can let us know about these issues in two ways:
CALL 272-7335 or GO TO the Citizen Reporting Tab on this site and submit a form (can be anonymous)
Every positive change, no matter how small, makes a difference. In late June it was found that the Old Seward Highway and other roads under the jurisdiction of the Alaska DOT had still not had winter sand and gravel cleaned. And, rain was washing the sand and gravel into storm drains and then into our creeks
A letter was sent from the AWC to the Alaska DOT Maintenance on Monday, June 23. The Old Seward had been cleaned up by Wednesday, June 25. We can take action and make things happen. Please let us know what is going on in the City. Use our Citizen Reporting form at the top of this page.