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Hetch Hetchy: Requiem for a Valley by Brooks Anderson
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This beautiful valley in Yosemite National Park is now underwater!
Hetch Hetchy Valley was created thousands of years ago when glaciers descending California's Sierra Nevada left behind a spectacular setting of mountain meadows surrounded by towering granite cliffs and thundering waterfalls. In 1890, Hetch Hetchy was protected for all Americans as part of Yosemite National Park. Thirty three years later, however, the valley was flooded for use as a reservoir for San Francisco and other Northern California cities. Today, available technologies and management options provide the opportunity to restore this national treasure, while continuing to meet the needs of all communities that rely on the Tuolumne River for water and power.
Join the growing list of people and organizations that support the restoration of Hetch Hetchy Valley, as long as a fair and cost effective plan is developed to replace the high-quality water and power supply benefits that are currently provided by the reservoir. Help us to bring San Francisco, other Tuolumne River water users, and government agencies together to craft a cooperative restoration plan.
Imagine
the opportunity we have to allow Nature to re-create another Yosemite Valley.
Imagine the opportunity we have to allow Nature to restore Yosemite National
Park's Hetch Hetchy Valley, the place John Muir called "a grand landscape
garden, one of Nature's rarest and most precious mountain temples." There
is no other opportunity like this anywhere on Earth.
Imagine.
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Hetch Hetchy Updates
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Hetch Hetchy in the News
News Media coverage of Hetch Hetchy
Announcements and Latest News:
Discover Hetch Hetchy PSA Video narrated by Harrison Ford (8.1 MB) prepared for Environmental Defense. (This is a better quality version than the one on YouTube.
Restore Hetch Hetchy Announces Hiring of San Francisco Field Director (March 29, 2007)
Former
Secretary of the Interior Don Hodel Joins Restore Hetch Hetchy Advisory
Panel (August 30, 2006)
“I’m honored to join such a knowledgeable and diverse group
of advisors committed to the cause of restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley to
Yosemite National Park,” commented Hodel. “We know now that
restoration is physically feasible. That, together with the dedication
and competence of the Restore Hetch Hetchy professional staff, makes me
believe it will begin much sooner than some might have thought.” More...
State
Agrees Restoring Hetch Hetchy is Feasible
(Restore Hetch Hetchy Press Release (July 19, 2006)
The Schwarzenegger Administration’s new report confirms earlier conclusions
by Restore Hetch Hetchy and others that restoration of Hetch Hetchy Valley
in Yosemite National Park is feasible and practical, and can be achieved
with no harm to San Francisco Bay Area water and power users and Central
Valley irrigation districts.
Refuting the Myths About Hetch Hetchy - Read our summary debunking the common myths about restoring Hetch Hetchy. (December, 2005)
RHH Feasibility Study 2005: Finding
the Way Back to Hetch Hetchy Valley: A Vision of Steps to Restore Hetch
Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park and to Replace Water and Energy
Supplies
(September 13, 2005)
This major new study reveals that practical, reasonably priced solutions
exist which can easily replace the water and energy that would otherwise
be lost if O’Shaughnessy Dam were removed and Yosemite’s Hetch
Hetchy Valley were restored.
- Press Release Summarizing the Report: HTML - PDF
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Summary (1.3 MB Download - PDF - Executive Summary)- Full
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