SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – It would cost between $3 billion and $10 billion to tear down a massive dam and restore Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park more than 80 years after it was flooded, a ...

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 — ...

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 ...

The best fall time is in the spring. And nowhere in California — or the entire continental United States —to enjoy fall time is it better than in Yosemite National Park in the spring. We’re not ...

In November, San Franciscans will vote on looking into alternatives to capturing water at the Hetch Hetchy reservoir site, which could lead to restoring the fabled valley in Yosemite National Park.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...