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Overwhelming Yosemite Valley Summer Crowds
During the July 4th holiday this past week, Yosemite National Park experienced unprecedented crowds. The San Francisco Gate published a story...
The Park Service’s agreement with San Francisco
The National Park Service is in the process of updating its management agreement with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. The most recent...
Engaging with the National Park Service to Improve the Visitor Experience at Hetch Hetchy
Improving the visitor experience at Hetch Hetchy, even while the dam is in place, will draw more people. They will marvel at Hetch Hetchy’s...
Inspiration abounds in Yosemite
Friends, I had a chance to spend 5 really wonderful days in Yosemite – Yosemite Valley, not Hetch Hetchy, at the beginning of June. In between...
Notecards with Art by Lesley Goren
As featured in our Spring 2023 Newsletter, a new set of Hetch Hetchy notecards with art by Lesley Goren is available. The art is an expansion on the...
Thoughts on San Francisco Chronicle re: Hetch Hetchy’s next 100 years
Restore Hetch Hetchy usually appreciates media coverage. Sometimes it is in our favor, as was Tom Philp's Pulitzer Prize winning series for the...
Highway 120 damage, Finding Hetch Hetchy in Palo Alto & Alex Honnold Podcast
Inside Yosemite National Park, Highway 120 has a crack that is about 200 feet long and up to four feet deep. The road surface has moved two to three...
Yosemite reopens – stunning video of Wapama Falls
The worst fears of flooding last week in Yosemite were unrealized (for now) and the park has reopened. The Merced River (measured at the Happy Isles...
Spring 2023 Newsletter – Waterfalls, Groundwater, and More…
Our Spring 2023 newsletter has begun arriving in mailboxes! Read it online here. If you'd like to sign up to receive a hard copy, please send your...
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