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The Cherry Solution – A Call For Restoration
With sharply reduced demand over the past decade, San Francisco can meet its full water demands without storing water in Hetch Hetchy Reservoir -...
Demand For Water Is Down & Join Us At Hetch Hetchy In May
JOIN US AT HETCH HETCHY IN MAY On Saturday, May 2, 2026, join staff and board members as we visit Hetch Hetchy. It’s a great time of year to see the...
Fall Newsletter, 2026 Activities, Giving Tuesday & Secretary Hodel
Our 2025 Fall Newsletter has gone to mailboxes and is available online. If you'd like a hardcopy but haven't received one, let us know by emailing...
Los Angeles Recycles and Restores
At an October 28 Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) Board of Commissioners meeting, President Richard Katz lauded progress on the...
Newsom Family Epiphany in Yosemite
It's always wonderful to hear how people respond to Yosemite for the first time and it was especially rewarding to hear Governor Gavin Newsom...
Eel River Agreement and Water Supply
The prospective removal of Scott and Cape Horn Dams on the Eel River continues to move forward, setting an important precedent for the...
New West Magazine (1980): Saving Yosemite and Restoring Hetch Hetchy
New West Magazine highlighted "Saving Yosemite" 45 years ago with a thoughtful and provocative article by journalist Tom DeVries that included...
Hydropower and Our Rivers
Electricity is part of our daily lives. We need to use it wisely and do what we can to diminish the harm from its production. The transition from...
Double-blind Water Taste Test Favors East Bay and Marin over San Francisco
We continue to hear that Hetch Hetchy Valley shouldn't be restored because San Francisco's water quality is exceptional. We have never believed this...
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