Commentary: Return Hetch Hetchy to All of Us
From The Sacramento Bee, in a commentary by Spreck Rosekrans:
“After 100 years, it’s time to set Yosemite free. …
“In 1913 – for the only time in American history – by passing The Raker Act, Congress allowed one of our national parks to be invaded and developed by a single municipality. The act permitted San Francisco to build a dam in Yosemite, flooding the once iconic Hetch Hetchy Valley under 300 feet of water.”
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