In Yosemite National Park, the O'Shaughnessy Dam, above, was built 89 years ago to create Hetch Hetchy reservoir and provide water to the San Francisco Bay Area. A proposal to knock it down envisions returning the valley to the way it looked in the early 1900s, next photo.
In Yosemite National Park, the O'Shaughnessy Dam, above, was built 89 years ago to create Hetch Hetchy reservoir and provide water to the San Francisco Bay Area. A proposal to knock it down envisions returning the valley to the way it looked in the early 1900s, next photo.
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This is how Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park looked before it was dammed for San Francisco's water supply in 1923. To the right, Kolana Rock towers over the valley. To the left, Tueeulala and Wapama Falls tumble to the valley floor, through which the Tuolumne River meanders.
This is how Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park looked before it was dammed for San Francisco's water supply in 1923. To the right, Kolana Rock towers over the valley. To the left, Tueeulala and Wapama Falls tumble to the valley floor, through which the Tuolumne River meanders.
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A couple walk their dog along frozen Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park on New Year's Day. The weather was fair and Tioga Pass Road was open, allowing many to access Yosemite's high country, which normally would be buried under snow at that time.
A couple walk their dog along frozen Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park on New Year's Day. The weather was fair and Tioga Pass Road was open, allowing many to access Yosemite's high country, which normally would be buried under snow at that time.
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Webcams offer window into heart of Yosemite
May 14, 2012
| FresnoBee.com: Local
Just in time for spring snowmelt: a webcam pointed at one of Yosemite National Park's main attractions, the soaring 2,425-foot Yosemite Falls. Read comments ...
Three swept over Yosemite waterfall, presumed dead
July 20, 2011
| AppealDemocrat
FRESNO -- Three people presumed dead after being swept over a raging waterfall in Yosemite National Park ignored warning signs and crossed a barricade to pose for photographs, a...
UC Santa Cruz student missing in Yosemite is found
May 21, 2012
| San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
The 22-year-old UC Santa Cruz student who had been missing for almost two days in Yosemite National Park was found by an aerial search team Monday afternoon, park officials said...
Webcams offer window into heart of Yosemite
May 14, 2012
| FresnoBee.com: Local
Just in time for spring snowmelt: a webcam pointed at one of Yosemite National Park's main attractions, the soaring 2,425-foot Yosemite Falls. Read comments ...
Ooh, aah: Take in Yosemite views - - by computer
May 14, 2012
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Just in time for spring snowmelt: a webcam pointed at one of Yosemite National Park's main attractions, the soaring 2,425-foot Yosemite Falls. ...
With less snow, Tioga Pass opens early
May 02, 2012
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After a winter of light snow, a major road in Yosemite National Park is set to open on May 7, nearly six weeks earlier than last year. ...
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