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  • Photo of the Day: Sunset from Smith Peak looking at Hetch Hetchy by Dave Couch

    I’d like to thank everyone who have been kind enough to send in their sunset photos since last weeks post on where the best spots to take sunset photos are in Yosemite. This weeks first Photo of the Day is one such photo and comes to us from Dave Couch. This is a location I…

  • SF Approves $4.4 Billion For Hetch Hetchy Project

    The San Francisco planning and public utilities commissions approved a $4.4 billion dollar plan to upgrade the Hetch Hetchy water system, rebuild the dam on the Calaveras River and allow the city to draw more water from the already endangered Tuolumne during drought years. San Jose Mercury News: “The city’s planning and public utilities commissions…

  • Fire Spreading into Yosemite West of Hetch Hetchy

    A fire that has been burning along the Tuolumne River has moved into a section of Yosemite west of Hetch Hetchy. The Modesto Bee: “A fire that’s been burning in the Stanislaus National Forest for eight days spread into Yosemite National Park on Saturday, according to authorities. Lightning started about 10 small fires in the…

  • Hetch Hetchy Tunnel Work Completed

    The Hetch Hetchy Pedestrian tunnel from O’Shaughnessy Dam to Wapama and Tueealala Falls is open again after a small cave-in this winter. Visitors are still being asked to use caution over the next few days while construction crews remove equipment from the site.

  • Photo of the Day: Hetch Hetchy by Jared Kelly

    Most people think of [O’Shaughnessy Dam] as being a behemoth that holds back the Tuolumne keeping [Hetch Hetchy] Valley submerged beneath hundreds of feet of water. Jared Kelly has managed to catch a different side of the dam in today’s Photo of the Day showing what a beautiful place Hetch Hetchy still is even though…

  • Photo of the Day: Hetch Hetchy by Wongsamuel

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a really cool shot of Hetch Hetchy from Wongsamuel over on Flickr. Awesome shot. So gray and foreboding. Love it.’ Photo by Wongsamuel via Flickr.

  • Hetch Hetchy Switching to Winter Hours

    Starting September 4th the Hetch Hetchy entrances will open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m.

  • Bush Requests Money To Study Restoring Hetch Hetchy

    President Bush has stuck $7 million into the budget to study the impact of removing O’Shaughnessy Dam and restoring Hetch Hetchy. Unfortunately not everyone looks like they’re happy about it. ScrippsNews: “This week, the administration slid the Hetch Hetchy study funds into its overall Interior Department budget proposal. If approved by Congress, the money would…

  • Harrison Ford Takes Up The Fight To Restore Hetch Hetchy

    With a new twist in the fight to restore Hetch Hetchy, Harrison Ford, best known for his role portrayal of Indiana Jones and Han Solo, is speaking out and lending his support to the thousands already calling for the once pristine valley to be restored. SF Gate: Can Indiana Jones rescue Hetch Hetchy Valley from…

  • What would Hetch Hetchy be like if it is restored.

    Here’s a very interesting story from the LA Times. Novelist Greg Sarris imagines what it would be like after the water is drained and Hetch Hetchy is restored. LA Times: “The massive lake shinks; 360,000 acre feet of impounded water begins to disappear. Stumps from giant oaks felled nearly a hundred years ago appear beneath…