Restoring Hetch Hetchy: The Cherry Solution
Our groundbreaking new report shows that, with San Francisco’s reduced demand, Hetch Hetchy Reservoir is no longer needed.
It is time to restore Hetch Hetchy Valley to Yosemite National Park, its wildlife and its visitors.
Read the full report and our letters to Congress and San Francisco officials.
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Finding Hetch Hetchy
Yosemite Valley is well-known as the epicenter of American climbing. Its sister valley to the north has long been left in the shadows of Yosemite’s reputation.
Discover Hetch Hetchy with Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford tells the unfortunate story of Hetch Hetchy’s flooding and the campaign to return the valley to Yosemite and the American people. Interviews include Interior Secretary Don Hodel, Senator Lois Wolk, Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Philp, historian Al Runte, and conservationists Tom Graff, Nancy Ryan, Ann Hayden, Ron Good, Mike Marshall and Spreck Rosekrans.
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Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite’s Crowds
Visitors flocked to Hetch Hetchy last weekend as they did to all of Yosemite National Park. Long waits at entrance stations and full parking lots...
Mecia’s Picture – A View All Too Rare
It's a stunning shot, and a view rarely seen. Restore Hetch Hetchy board member Mecia Serafino scrambled 1800 vertical feet to the top of Kolana...
Restoring Hetch Hetchy – Old School “Environmentalism”
In The Battle over Hetch Hetchy: America's Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism (2005), Historian Robert Righter recounts...
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