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WATER: Bring Back Hetch Hetchy? (Sacramento Bee from 2001)
We're excited to be reuniting with Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Philp when he joins us at our Annual Dinner on October 26 in Lafayette. On April 21,...
Boating and fishing at Hetch Hetchy – at the discretion of the National Park Service?
The newly released "Superintendent's Compendium" for Yosemite National Park still prohibits boating and fishing at Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. But the...
Debunking “Hetch Hetchy” water
Is the quality of San Francisco’s water as good as some claim? The simple answer is no. Some people cannot distinguish it from other Bay Area...
More popular than ever …
Due to the reservations system affecting other entrances to Yosemite National Park, as well as extended access hours and increased publicity, Hetch...
San Francisco’s Unfortunate Isolationism
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is continuing its history of doing its own thing by declining to cooperate with others even when there...
Keeping Promises Update and Summary
Keeping Promises Update and Summary Note: This blog post is a bit thick with detail, chronicling a record of Restore Hetch Hetchy's written...
Sharing the Glory of Hetch Hetchy in June
It is always special to share extraordinary landscapes like Hetch Hetchy with others. We had an opportunity to do that last week with three Colorado...
Yosemite’s thundering waterfalls
Earlier this week, the San Francisco Chronicle predicted that Yosemite’s waterfalls would reach their peak flows in early June. We will see if...
2024 Spring Newsletter & a bit more
Our spring newsletter is in mailboxes and posted online!. If you haven't received a printed copy but would like one, let us know. First a quick...
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