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You can spend the night at Hetch Hetchy if …
Have you ever wanted to spend the night at Hetch Hetchy? Watch the sun set down the Tuolumne River canyon? Or watch it rise over Kolana Rock while...
Signs!, and perhaps a sign of things to come (thanks, Caltrans)
NEW signs direct visitors to Hetch Hetchy - Yippee! We're pleased as punch to see the new signs on highway 120 which highlight Yosemite National...
Our Op-Ed in the SF Chronicle re: Water Recycling and the Bay
After reading coverage of the connection between wastewater treatment plants and the excess concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen in the Bay...
San Francisco Bay, Algal Blooms and Water Management
San Francisco Bay, Algal Blooms and Water Management San Francisco Bay is sick this summer. A toxic algae bloom is happening across the Bay, with...
100 Years of Bad Math on the Colorado
For almost 100 years, scientists, water agencies and environmentalists have known that the status quo on the Colorado River is not sustainable. Over...
Annual Dinner – September 17 – New Location – Exciting Program
Please join us for our 2022 Annual Dinner. The San Mateo County History Museum is a former county courthouse, and a spectacular venue. We will...
“Lusty Vigor” in the Mariposa Grove
"To look upon a tree that antedates the Christian Era; that was in lusty vigor when Rome was founded; that is older than the Iliad, is a thing not...
The life, legacy and counsel of Jonas Minton
Environmentalist Jonas Minton passed on June 22, as a result of complications following heart surgery. Jonas was most recently a water policy...
California’s historic drought curtailments: “very deep” or no change on Tuolumne?
Due to our ongoing serious drought, on June 7 the State Water Board expanded its "Delta Watershed Curtailment Status List" to include San...
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