About us
The vision of Restore Hetch Hetchy is to return to the people Yosemite Valley’s lost twin, Hetch Hetchy – a majestic glacier-carved valley with towering cliffs and waterfalls, an untamed place where river and wildlife run free, a new kind of national park.
The mission of Restore Hetch Hetchy is to return the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park to its natural splendor ─ while continuing to meet the water and power needs of all communities that depend on the Tuolumne River.
Our mission and vision.
Hetch Hetchy was once a majestic glacier-carved valley and home of Indigenous peoples; its beauty famously compared to Yosemite Valley.
Our commitment to creating a park for everybody.
Principles which govern our operations.
Our blog
Our flagship blog features analysis of news from our staff and announcements of upcoming events.
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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