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  • Battle To Restore Hetch Hetchy Moves Into High Gear

    SignOnSanDiego.com: “An uncelebrated gem, Hetch Hetchy rewards visitors with towering granite cathedrals and cascading streams as postcard worthy as Half Dome or Vernal Falls. It is an escape to solitude, where even day-trippers can relish a true Yosemite experience without the bumper-to-bumper RVs and elbow-to-elbow visitors jostling on the main valley floor a mere 15…

  • Hetch Hetchy: Just Another Damn Getting Demolished

    Time: “To some, the O’Shaughnessy Dam is a monument to the skills of the Irish-American engineer who built it. Elegant is the word that Susan Leal, general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, uses to describe the curved wedge of rock and concrete that soars 300 ft. above the floor of the Hetch…

  • Poll Results: Should Hetch Hetchy be restored?

    Well the voting is over and 66% of you think Hetch Hetchy should be restored while a strong 32% feel it’s better left the way it is. ‘Thank you’ to everyone who voted. A new question should be up shortly. Technorati Tags: Hetch Hetchy, yosemite

  • Talking About Hetch Hetchy

    Several thoughts on the whole Hetch Hetchy thing. Hetch Hetchy is almost 100 years old now. It was built at a time when there were no earthquake or building standards like today. Don Pedro holds more than enough water and generates quite a bit of electricity. The water wouldn’t also have to be pumped up…

  • Hetch Hetchy

    Hetch Hetchy Dam Originally uploaded by Campin’ Guy. I took this photo a few years back on one of our daytrips. The dam lies down Evergreen Road just before you enter the park and is prime rattlesnake breeding ground so watch where you step.

  • Big Battle Over Hetch Hetchy Looming In The Near Future

    SF Gate: “The debate over the proposal to breach the Sierra’s O’Shaughnessy Dam, drain the reservoir behind it and restore Hetch Hetchy Valley to its former natural splendor is apt to intensify this summer with the release of a California Department of Water Resources study on the issue. But preliminary comments from the agency indicate…

  • Removal of Hetch Hetchy Dam to Be Studied by Lawmakers

    L.A. Times (registration required): “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s resources secretary has directed his agency to study possible restoration of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, giving an unexpected official boost to the controversial idea of dismantling the dam that has been integral to the Bay Area’s water supply for more than 80 years. Mike…

  • A Hetch Hetchy Debate Slowly Begins

    Sacbee.com: Editorial – Lines in the sand “(October 25, 2004) An emerging debate on whether to restore Yosemite’s second great valley, Hetch Hetchy, is holding true to the history of this valley and of the Tuolumne River, which runs through it. Proposals to change anything about the river’s water resurrect controversy over water rights, over…

  • Rim Fire Closures in Yosemite

    Rim Fire Closures in Yosemite

    The Rim Fire has made it’s way well into Yosemite National Park and is burning in the north west side of the park and the areas adjacent to Hetch Hetchy. Currently a number of closures are in place for public safety and to allow fire crews to actively fight the fire and prepare defenses around…

  • More Areas Closed

    More Areas Closed

    More areas have closed within Yosemite National Park as a result of the government shutdown.