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Giving Tuesday – Contributions Matched!
Please consider a contribution to Restore Hetch Hetchy. A longtime supporter of Restore Hetch Hetchy has generously offered to match contributions,...
“Hetch Hetchy: Constructing the Framework for Modern Environmentalism”
Congratulations to Luke Morris of Hendersonville, North Carolina, for taking third place in the 2021 Next Generation Angels Awards Middle School...
San Francisco Chronicle supports water system improvements to lessen some harm
Sunday's editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle strongly urged Dennis Herrera, the newly elected General Manager of the City's Public Utilities...
Bomb Cyclone closes Wapama Trail at Hetch Hetchy (again)
The seasonally rare "Bomb Cyclone" storm, which drenched northern California during the fourth week of October, hit Hetch Hetchy at 4 AM on October...
A smattering of rain and snow
A smattering of rain and snow in early October gives us hope that 2022 will be a wet year and our two year drought will come to an end. Maybe it...
Who gets water in a drought, who doesn’t
2021 is the 4th driest year since 1906, and last year was dry as well. Two dry years make a drought these days, especially since our aquifers are...
New York Times: Give the People What They Clearly Need: More National Parks
Saturday's New York Times carried an excellent guest essay by Kyle Paoletta, making the point that our national parks are in great demand and often...
San Francisco’s Water System and the Drought
At Restore Hetch Hetchy, we care about reliable water supplies for all communities, but we pay particular attention to San Francisco. After all,...
Glen Canyon and Hetch Hetchy
Glen Canyon and Hetch Hetchy Valley Reservoir levels have dropped as a result of the drought gripping much of the American West. In California, the...
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