PRINCE RUPERT -- A Vancouver Island First Nation is celebrating the restoration of three salmon-bearing streams after decades of habitat decline and destructive forest practices. This summer, workers from the Ditidaht First Nation joined with Parks Canada to clear more than 3,000 cubic metres of debris from the Cheewaht Lake watershed, part of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, restoring one kilometre of coho and sockeye habitat. Completion of the project gives the fish access to an additional 100 metres of spawning ground that's been inaccessible for two decades. Brian Tate, elected chief of the Ditidaht First Nation, said aside from a few elders who look forward to again harvesting small amounts of salmon from the streams, the nation will largely allow the streams time to recover.