It has been more than 80 years since the Hetch Hetchy Valley disappeared under the waters gathered behind O'Shaughnessy Dam, but its lost High Sierra splendor still resonates with nature lovers. John ...

Environmentalists battling San Francisco's use of Hetch Hetchy Valley as the city's main drinking water cache are taking a new tack - raising questions about the water's quality in light of ...

A San Francisco measure that called for a study on whether to drain the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir was soundly defeated on Tuesday. Seventy-seven percent of San Francisco voters were against Proposition F ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- A thick blanket of smoke hung Thursday over Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, where a team of fire lookouts was stationed to monitor the Rim fire to make sure it does not flare ...

Ballot measure calls for $8 million study Reservoir is biggest water source in California Who makes the decision is also in question SAN FRANCISCO — What will it be: Righting an environmental wrong ...

A California appeals court has rejected a long-running attempt by environmentalists to drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park, a linchpin of the water supply for 2.6 million Bay Area ...

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 ...

Deep under the shimmering waters of the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in California there's a valley that rivals the beauty of Yosemite, a jewel in the crown of the national park system. Limited time: Save ...

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 ...

In Yosemite National Park, 143 miles from San Francisco, the waters of the Tuolumne River are dammed in the big blue lake called Hetch Hetchy. Without Hetch Hetchy, San Franciscans would sometimes ...

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 ...