According to a timeline published by the National Park Service, the possibility of damming the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite to create a reservoir for San Francisco had been under consideration ...

Guy McCarthy Feb 5, 2021 Feb 5, 2021 Updated Feb 8, 2021 The City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission are planning a five-year $140 million project ...

The ultimate goal of restoring Hetch Hetchy by replacing San Francisco’s water storage further downstream by enlarging Don Pedro Reservoir as one possibility, could queue up a rare opportunity.

San Francisco voters, however, rejected a ballot measure in 2012 with 70 percent saying no to a proposal to study the idea of tearing down O’Shaughnessy Dam and restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley.

HETCH HETCHY — Had San Francisco not built O’Shaughnessy Dam the odds are significantly larger numbers of people would be jamming the glacial carved valley and the surrounding area making it as big a ...

To reach the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, drivers will need to exit Yosemite and enter Hetch Hetchy Road off Highway 120. From Yosemite Valley, the trip will take about an hour and a half as you travel ...