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Park Service improves signage in Yosemite – hooray!
The National Park Service, working with Yosemite's traditionally associated tribes and the Yosemite Conservancy, has improved its interpretation of...
Voluntary Bay-Delta Agreement – and its key difference from restoring Hetch Hetchy
On March 29, the California Department of Natural Resources announced a landmark agreement to balance the water needs of cities and farms with those...
Miwuk documentary, march and campaign
It's essential that all communities are welcome when Hetch Hetchy Valley is restored to its natural splendor. Restore Hetch Hetchy believes that it...
National Park Diaries – How San Francisco Stole Hetch Hetchy
Last week, National Park Diaries published "How San Francisco Stole Hetch Hetchy" on YouTube. The story may be known to most of us, but...
Dams, aquifers and parks
Restore Hetch Hetchy is not anti-dam. Dams are essential, especially in places like California where precipitation is seasonal and the threat of...
Friant-Kern Canal – The Good, the Bad and the Ironic
Restoring Hetch Hetchy means being serious about water system improvements for San Francisco, so we pay attention to many of the higher profile...
Happy New Year, and hurray for the rain and snow!
Melting snow on the north rim at Hetch Hetchy can create a dozen simultaneous waterfalls - a site to behold. After two very dry years, it's...
Supporting a vision of natural splendor
There will be many benefits to realizing our vision of returning Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park to its original splendor, without the...
E. O. Wilson (1929-2021)
Harvard biologist Edward Osborne Wilson, sometimes described as the "father of biodiversity", passed away yesterday. He will be missed. Wilson was a...
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