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The proposal to dam Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park created unprecedented controversy and provoked editorials in opposition from more than 200 newspapers across the country. The damming is often cited as having ignited the modern environmental movement.
The story of Hetch Hetchy has been told and retold by filmmakers and authors from a variety of viewpoints – often with different interpretations. See the following books and films to learn more. (The films for which Restore Hetch Hetchy has rights are posted on our home page.)
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San Diego and the Water Business – mostly good
San Diego has an excess of water. So it is selling some of its supply to Las Vegas and Arizona. See the Wall Street Journal story "San Diego now has...
California snowpack in 2026 – low, but not terrible
Wednesday's headline in the The San Francisco Chronicle "California in for ‘ugly summer’ amid one of the worst snowpacks on record" was an attention...
San Francisco doesn’t need Hetch Hetchy now. But what about later?
Our most recent report, The Cherry Solution, demonstrates that San Francisco does not need Hetch Hetchy Reservoir for its water supply. With the...
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