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Restore Hetch Hetchy is a Proud Member of:

California Wilderness Coalition
Planning and Conservation League - Restore Hetch Hetchy is an Associate Board Member
Highway 120 Chamber of Commerce (Groveland)
Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau
Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce (Sonora)
River Network - Helping people understand, protect, and restore rivers and their watersheds
Sierra Nevada Alliance
Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs - Promotion of the Proper Use, Enjoyment and Protection of America's Scenic Wilderness and Outdoor Recreation Resources since 1932.

Other Sites Advocating Restoration of Hetch Hetchy

Sierra Club - Hetch Hetchy - many articles and other features, including historical photos of Hetch Hetchy
Environmental Defense - Explaining this national group's belief that with today's increased knowledge and more sophisticated infrastructure choices, it is possible to fully meet San Francisco's water and power needs while restoring the Hetch Hetchy Valley to its natural state.
Restore Hetch Hetchy Group on Facebook.com
Paradise Lost! - Houston Climbing Club site advocating restoring Hetch Hetchy
Hetch Hetchy Satellite Map and Links - by Chris Chubb. Pull the Plug and Restore the Valley! Created with Google Earth.
Backcountry Pictures - View their Discover Hetch Hetchy PSA Video narrated by Harrison Ford (8.1 MB) prepared for Environmental Defense.
Resurrection of the Dammed, By Doug Robinson and Bruce Willey, Photos by Shawn Reeder. The forgotten and flooded Hetch Hetchy Reservoir is poised in the spotlight of a century-old environmental battle, while a small group of climbers continue to push lines above the water. Climbing Magazine feature quotes Galen Rowell and RHH's Ron Good.

Education

John Muir Papers - University of the Pacific
Synergia Learning Ventures - Hetch Hetchy Project
Should Hetch Hetchy be Dammed? - Library of Congress Lesson Plan
Designing the Wilderness: The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Grade 9-12 Lesson Plan from Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms, sponsored by the Newberry Library
Should Roosevelt & Wilson Stopped Daming Hetch Hetchy? You decide!
A "Biography of America" video series web feature
John Muir Mountain Day Camp - A summer day camp for kids 7-12

In the News

Hetch Hetchy Informational Hearing (Windows Media)
Watch the complete three-hour October 10, 2006 Hetch Hetchy Informational Hearing held by the California Assembly Standing Committee on Water, Parks & Wildlife, webcast archive by The California Channel.
Water: Bring Back Hetch Hetchy? by Tom Philp, Sacramento Bee - April 21, 2002 (Off-site link)
Quest to Restore Hetch Hetchy as Scenic Valley by Eric Brazil, San Francisco Examiner, October 13, 2000.
Letter to the Editor from Ron Good - San Francisco Chronicle - September 10, 2001
- Text Only
City of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
City of San Francisco, PUC Reliability Study of Hetch Hetchy System

Government Resources

California Resources Agency - Hetch Hetchy Restoration Study home page.
National Park Service, Alternatives For Restoration Of Hetch Hetchy Valley Following Removal Of The Dam And Reservoir (1988) (PDF) (48 K), 18 pp.
Evaluates restoration alternatives for recovery, using no management, moderate management, and intensive management.
U.S. Department of Reclamation, Hetch Hetchy: Water and Power Replacement Concepts (February, 1988).
Executive Summary (PDF - 683 K), 18 pp.
Full Report (excluding Appendix) (PDF - 2.10 MB), 56 pp.
Appendix. (PDF - 2.3 MB), 43 pp.
Concludes in a preliminary way, with further study required, that, even without the O'Shaugnessy Dam, the Tuolumne River could provide enough water to San Francisco to operate the city's existing conveyence system at full capacity and deliver almost 100,000 acre-feet more than is currently being used.
Hetch Hetchy Informational Hearing (Windows Media)
Watch the complete three-hour October 10, 2006 Hetch Hetchy Informational Hearing held by the California Assembly Standing Committee on Water, Parks & Wildlife, webcast archive by The California Channel.

History

John Muir's essay on Hetch Hetchy from his book, The Yosemite
Library of Congress, American Memories, The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850 - 1920
- Let everyone help to save the famous Hetch-Hetchy Valley and stop the commercial destruction which threatens our national parks: A brief statement of the Hetch-Hetchy case to date by John Muir - 1909 publication
- Text of the Raker Act - (downloadable tiff files)
The Hetch Hetchy issue from Gifford Pinchot's Viewpoint - from the Grey Towers National Historic Landmark.
Raker Debate - Curriculum Classroom Exercise
Museum of the City of San Francisco
- Water Supply Pages Featuring Hetch Hetchy
- History and Text of The Raker Act
Yosemite National Park, General Management Plan Info on Hetch Hetchy
Giving a Dam; Congress Debates Hetch Hetchy ("History Matters" Website feature with a partial transcript of the 1913 congressional testimony from Pinchot and Phelan and the debate in Congress)
United States v. City and County of San Francisco, 310 U.S. 16 (1940) - U.S. Supreme Court decision holding the City of San Francisco is violating the Raker Act by selling electrical power from the Hetch Hetchy dam.
Notes on Hetch-Hetchy Valley by C. F. Hoffmann (1868).

John Muir

John Muir Exhibit - Most comprehensive site about John Muir's ife and legacy
John Muir Network - Launching pad to all things Muir

Photography

Photo Downloads - high resolution historical photos for use in printed publications from the Sierra Club.
Hetch Hetchy: Yesterday and Today - Photo and Art Gallery from the Sierra Club
Chris Valentine's Desktop Wallpaper Wonderland - Computer Desktop Wallpaper of Hetch Hetchy
Tony Dunn's "Hetch Hetchy - Before and After" Gallery - rollover effects highlight this photographic comparison of Hetch Hetchy before and after the dam was built.
David Brower's "Wildness Within" Hetch Hetchy Historic Photo Album
Virtual Guidebook - North Trail Hetch Hetchy - Quicktime Virtual Reality Panoramas
Virtual Guidebook - O'Shaughnessy Dam - Quicktime Virtual Reality Panoramas
Discover Hetch Hetchy PSA Video narrated by Harrison Ford (8.1 MB) prepared for Environmental Defense.

Travel

Evergreen Lodge - A historic Yosemite hotel nestled in the woods just a few miles from the Hetch Hetchy entrance to Yosemite National Park.
Y Explore - a socially responsible tour company offering guided photography hikes in Yosemite National Park.
Extranomical Adventures - Extranomical Adventures offers daily tours from San Francisco to Yosemite National Park and the giant sequoias!
Yosemite Tours - Yosemite Tours run tours to Yosemite National Park, CA daily from San Francisco.
Yosemite's Scenic Wonders Vacation Rentals - Rental Homes and Condos located in Yosemite West.

To get involved in the effort to restore Hetch Hetchy, contact Restore Hetch Hetchy at: info@hetchhetchy.org, 6114 La Salle Ave. #457, Oakland, CA 94611. Telephone: (510) 655-1876.

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