Showing posts with label Yosemite National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yosemite National Park. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir News

El Captain in Winter - Yosemite National Park,...Image by adam79 via Flickr

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir News: "Hetch Hetchy Reservoir is a reservoir in Yosemite National Park, about 65 miles (105 km) northeast from the city of Merced, California. The reservoir has a capacity of 360,000 acre·ft (440,000 dam³) and is formed by the 364 ft (111 m) concrete gravity O’Shaughnessy Dam in Hetch Hetchy Valley on the Tuolumne River. After a years-long battle against the dam, led [...]"
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