For nearly 100 years, environmentalists have dreamed about draining Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and turning the 300-foot-deep man-made lake in Yosemite National Park back into a glorious Sierra landscape — ...

This mini Yosemite Valley is hidden right within the Yosemite National Park boundaries.

San Franciscans may wonder why Restore Hetch Hetchy (hetchhetchy.org), a nonprofit organization, has recently challenged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concerning re-licensing of the Don ...

August marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Park Service. Writer Wallace Stegner once described our national parks as “America’s best idea.” If our national parks are our best ...

The water was winning. Fed by the heaviest Sierra snowmelt in decades, it gushed down the narrow valley’s walls and rushed across the trail in front of me. The bravest and most foolish hikers plunged ...

If advocates of tearing down San Francisco's dam at Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite National Park were hoping for even a single word of support from the Bay Area's congressional delegation, they haven't ...

FRESNO, Ca. - A California appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a 2016 ruling against Restore Hetch Hetchy, which objected to the way the city and county of San Francisco and Modesto Irrigation ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KFSN) -- Sometimes, taking the road less traveled can lead to the greatest reward. Spreck Rosekrans would tell you that's the case with Hetch Hetchy, the only area in ...

A congressional act 100 years ago created a California dam that still courts controversy John Muir and his Sierra Club fought in vain to preserve Hetch Hetchy Valley Although Hetch Hetchy is only 25 ...

Generations of environmentalists have looked upon John Muir’s unsuccessful battle to save Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite as the beginning of their modern movement. And just as many have wondered if ...