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Hetch Hetchy restoration on NBC Bay Area TV

Jul 30, 2020

We're excited that restoring Hetch Hetchy will be featured on mainstream television in the Bay Area this Sunday (and rebroadcast August 23). It will...

Rethinking Dams – A thoughtful approach from UC Davis

Jun 21, 2020

Last week, an impressive septet from the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences published a thoughtful blog titled “What’s the dam problem with...

We need a new generation of San Franciscans – without Hetch Hetchy in their DNA

Mar 10, 2020

Of course, many San Franciscans, old-timers and new arrivals alike, do support restoration, as do residents of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties...

Once again, San Francisco officials are limiting public access to the majestic Hetch Hetchy Valley

Feb 9, 2020

CalMatters has posted our op ed “Once again, San Francisco officials are limiting public access to the majestic Hetch Hetchy Valley”. CalMatters is...

Hair and other Hetch Hetchy hyperbole – now backfiring

Feb 2, 2020

San Francisco officials have hyped the City’s water quality for more than a century, using it to justify damming an iconic landscape in Yosemite...

Congress excludes public in Yosemite National Park, again

Dec 20, 2019

The House of Representatives engaged in last-minute, closed-door shenanigans as it passed a $1.37 trillion spending plan for 2020. The bill includes...