Serious solutions are necessary to avoid loving our parks to death

They say that before you criticize someone, you should "walk a mile in their shoes".

"Two Grand Valleys" and Senator Feinstein

Spring Snowmelt and Flow on the Tuolumne River

The story of how Hetch Hetchy Valley came to be dammed, a century after the fact, is often simply told:

Restore Hetch Hetchy is pretty much a single issue organization. Our mission is simply:

"to return the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park to its natural splendor ─ while continuing to meet the water and power needs of all communities that depend on the Tuolumne River."

Background: 

In 2013, the Restore Hetch Hetchy Board of Directors elected to pursue a litigation campaign to restore Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy Valley.

San Francisco's O'Shaughnessy Dam (along with its Hetch Hetchy Reservoir) is considered a "local government" facility. Most such facilities are subject to regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

We're just getting started -

 the snowmelt season will run into August

John Muir's Birthday and Restore Hetch Hetchy's Lawsuit