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Vol 1, No. 2 Fall 2002 Live on Stage - One Night Only

lease join us Saturday, based on traditional themes. His of the Hetch Hetchy’s fate from November 2, 2002 as we vast repertoire spans several centu- Washington decision makers. While Pwelcome two wonderful ries of Scottish music and includes waiting, Muir’s righteous anger at performers. his own compositions, which blend the ‘temple destroyers’ is tempered a profound understanding of the by his hearty good humor, and his Scottish tradition with cutting-edge relating of a number of his most musical explorations. He weaves extraordinary wilderness adven- through his performances a warm tures. This program is a fine intro- and witty narrative, drawing from a duction to both Muir the man, his deep well of stories and lore profound love of wildness, and his surrounding Scotland’s musical despair over the loss of Hetch heritage Hetchy Valley. Order your tickets today! Alasdair Fraser - a consum- Lee Stetson - as he depicts John Date: Saturday, November 2, 2002 mate performer. His dynamic Muir’s last dramatic battle to Time: Doors open at 6:00 pm fiddling, engaging stage presence, preserve the beautiful Hetch Hetchy Program begins at 7:00 pm and deep understanding of Valley, part of our National Park, Place: Angelico Hall, Scotland’s music have created but threatened by ’s Dominican University international demand for his solo desire to 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael, CA appearances and concerts with a construct a dam If you would like additional variety of ensembles. Alasdair’s there, drowning information or to order tickets, you richly expressive playing transports it hundreds of can either use the form attached, listeners across a broad musical feet deep. call Restore Hetch Hetchy Member- spectrum, ranging from haunting Audience ship office at (916) 444-8726 or go laments from the Gaelic tradition to members are his online at www.hetchhetchy.org. classically-styled airs, raucous guests as they  dance tunes, and improvisations await final word Susan Liebermann Leaves Restore Hetch Hetchy Board of Restore Hetch Hetchy is: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ron Good Directors

estore Hetch Hetchy BOARD OF DIRECTORS the minutes for the Board meetings, wishes to THANK Susan Harold Wood, Chair helping to make arrangements for Liebermann for being on Spreck Rosekrans, Vice-Chair R many special events including the Laura Lockwood, Treasurer our Board of Directors for the past Gala at Galen Rowell’s studio, Mark Palley, Secretary three years and being its volunteering at our Free David Brower (Deceased) Secretary. Although Speech table at Hetch Mark Cederborg Susan is leaving our Hetchy, and giving helpful Donald Fuhrer Board, she continues to advice on numerous issues Robert Hackamack support our effort to and activities. Susan is an Peter Jacobsen restore Hetch Hetchy elementary school teacher Dr. Jerry Meral Valley. She always did a at the Yosemite Valley Marsh Pitman wonderful job of taking school. William Resneck  Susan Liebermann

ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Ronald Alessio Allison Dr. Peter Andersen James Bush Galen and Barbara Rowell — Yvon Chouinard Paul Davis Tom Dosh in Memoriam Rick Farber Jeffrey Holt estore Hetch Hetchy March, and some of his beautiful Huey Johnson mourns the deaths of images of the Grand Canyon of the Deborah Landowne R Galen Rowell and his wife, and Hetch Hetchy Christine White Loberg Barbara, in a tragic Valley will appear Mike McCloskey airplane accident in our new video. Tim Molinare near Bishop, Fortunately, these Dr. Barbara Mossberg California on visual voices for Dr. Roderick Frazier Nash August 11, 2002. the Earth have not Jeff Nixon Galen supported been silenced — Kathryn Petersen the effort to restore with their beauti- Mark Ross Hetch Hetchy in a Galen Rowell and Barbara Rowell ful images con- Galen Rowell (Deceased) Lee Stetson number of important ways as a tinuing as a living legacy. Please Dr. Ed Wayburn member of our Advisory Commit- visit their web page, Richard Wiebe tee. His Mountain Light Gallery in www.mountainlight.com, for more Emeryville had hosted a very information. successful Gala fundraiser for us in  Restore Hetch Hetchy urges a NO vote on Proposition A in San Francisco

estore Hetch Hetchy, An expanded Calaveras Reservoir should give serious consideration to , Environmen could provide an opportunity to studying the restoration of Hetch R tal Defense, and the Plan- replace lost water storage capacity Hetchy Valley . . .” ning & Conservation League are when the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir is On the same day, the Los Angeles opposing Proposition A on the drained, and would increase the Times editorialized: November 5th ballot in San Fran- reliability of the current water “Replacing the lost water and cisco. Proposition A would provide delivery system for San Francisco power would be complicated and funds to repair the deteriorating pipes Bay Area water users. However, costly, but it could be done. Would it in the Hetch Hetchy water system. issues surrounding the loss of habitat be worth it? Consider the value of However, it would also cause a large and urban sprawl in the Alameda Yosemite Valley to the nation. Think expansion of the water system Creek watershed, and the benefits of of the possibility of having a second without an unbiased feasibility study a restored Hetch Hetchy Valley need such valley, free of cars and develop- to demonstrate environmentally to be addressed in a comprehensive ment, that would be the temple of sound ways of restoring Yosemite way. That’s why we have been trying nature saw before the dam National Park’s Hetch Hetchy Valley. to get the San Francisco Mayor, was built. That too would be price- We recognize the need for Board of Supervisors, and Public less.” repairing the aging water pipes and Utilities Commission to participate in On August 13th, the Sacramento improving water treatment facilities an unbiased feasibility study to look Bee also editorialized in support of a for the public health and safety of at these critical environmental issues feasibility study to look at the San Francisco residents. However, — all in the context of restoring restoration of Hetch Hetchy Valley. Proposition A is NOT just about Hetch Hetchy Valley. The City’s John Muir called Hetch Hetchy addressing these things, but would unwillingness to participate in this Valley “a grand landscape garden, also permit: 1) expanding the feasibility study caused us to oppose one of Nature’s rarest and most Calaveras Reservoir in Alameda Proposition A. precious mountain temples.” This County by over 6 times its current Major newspapers in California “precious mountain temple” must be capacity at a cost of $150 million; 2) have editorialized in favor of such a restored, and it’s time for San constructing a new fourth pipeline feasibility study. An August 17th Francisco to participate in the across the San Joaquin Valley at a editorial in the San Jose Mercury restoration process. The defeat of cost of nearly $400 million to bring News said: Proposition A on the November 5th more water to the Bay Area to fill the “Restoration of Hetch Hetchy ballot in San Francisco will enlarged Calaveras Reservoir; 3) Valley is a long shot, but if there were strengthen our ability to encourage withdrawing more water from the ever a time to study the issue, it’s San Francisco to participate in the national wild and scenic Tuolumne now. Leaders of the environmental restoration dialogue in a meaningful River; and 4) depriving public groups are asking San Francisco to way. That’s why Restore Hetch access to Yosemite National Park’s come up with $600,000 to pay half Hetchy, Sierra Club, Environmental Hetch Hetchy Valley by maintaining the cost of the study, and are offering Defense, and the Planning & Conser- a reservoir there at an incalculable to find other sources for the other half vation League all urge a NO vote on cost to the American people. . . . The [San Francisco] supervisors Proposition A.  John Muir Musical in Martinez!

hroughout August, a called “a grand landscape garden, Steinhaus, Annabelle Travis, and wonderful Broadway-style one of Nature’s rarest and most Barbara Williams. Ron Good, our T musical about the life of precious mountain temples.” A Executive Director, also spent many John Muir was performed at the special THANKS goes to these nights at the table. We were able to Martinez waterfront amphitheater. great volunteers who staffed our talk with hundreds of people; hand Muir’s effort to preserve Hetch table: Stephen Brown, Mary Lu out hundreds of our newsletters and Hetchy Valley and his agony over Buchard, Barbara Bye, Linda bumper stickers; receive hundreds its loss were ever-present themes Cederborg, Mark Cederborg, Steve of signatures on our petition; and, throughout the second half of the Cederborg, Pat Corr, Paul Davis, sell lots of t-shirts, license plate play. Kathy Dupler, Jennifer Fosgate, holders, and greeting cards. An- RESTORE HETCH HETCHY Cary Gaynor, Christine Keyser, other special THANKS goes to was also ever-present at the play! Laura Lockwood, Dan Lucas, Tim Willows Theater staff Kate Every evening we had a crew of Molinare, Marilyn Norton, Jim Sheridan Thon and Jill Harcke who excellent volunteers to help spread Ocean, Erin O’Leary, Mark Palley, made arrangements for our having a the word about our modern-day Spreck Rosekrans, Richard nice “habitat” at the play.  effort to restore the place John Muir Rypinski, Stefen, Carolyn

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estore Hetch Hetchy Day weekends. Nash author of Wilder- wishes to THANK its * Continued our techni- ness and the American R wonderful members — cal/engineering analysis of Mind, and former now nearly 600!! — for their great “win-win” water storage and Interior Secretary support of our effort to restore power alternatives for Hetch Donald Hodel. Hetch Hetchy Valley. You truly are Hetchy and for the San * Maintained our making a difference in giving hope Francisco Bay Area. informative webpage, to the American people that our * Put the pressure on www.hetchhetchy.org.

nation’s “crown jewels,” Yosemite public officials in San Exectutive Director Imagine the opportu- National Park and its wild and Francisco to participate in a Ron Good nity we have to allow scenic Tuolumne River, can indeed comprehensive feasibility study of Nature to re-create another be restored. water and power alternatives Yosemite Valley. Imagine the Look what we’ve been able to * Received editorial support for opportunity we have to allow do this past year with your help. a feasibility study from major Nature to restore Yosemite National We have: newspapers in California, the Park’s Hetch Hetchy Valley. There * Touched the lives of many Sacramento Bee, the Los Angeles is no other opportunity like this hundreds of people at various fairs Times, and the San Jose Mercury anywhere else on Earth. Imagine. and festivals and community events News. Thank you very much for being a throughout California including our * Continued our exciting video member of RESTORE HETCH Free Speech table at Hetch Hetchy project that will include interviews HETCHY.  over the Memorial Day and Labor with Dave Brower, Dr. Roderick Meet our Board: Spreck Rosekrans

trip to the Sierra in the More recently, Spreck has focused feasibility mid-1960s captivated his efforts on water issues in Califor- study that A Spreck Rosekrans, Restore nia. More than any other member of Restore Hetch Hetch Hetchy’s vice-chair. “I was the environmental community, he has Hetchy and about nine, and my uncle had to keep worked closely with the State’s water other environ- me from trying to scale the cliffs,” he planning models. On numerous mental Vice Chair recalls. occasions he has found errors and organizations Spreck Rosekrans Though he had joined the Sierra encouraged the state and federal are promoting. Club while in high school, Spreck did governments to make needed revi- “It is not a question of whether not become seriously interested in sions. He has participated coopera- restoring the Valley can be done,” he environmental advocacy until the late tively with a variety of government says. “It is a question of how much it 1970s. He was working as a and water agencies in the California would cost and whether people whitewater river guide on the Water and Environmental Modeling would be willing to pay for it. But Stanislaus River as the New Melones Forum, and is a past “convener” of first, we have to get people to open Dam was completed and ultimately the group. their minds and take a hard look at filled. “I understood that water supply Spreck has shown on many the physical and institutional issues and power generation were important occasions that paying attention to involved. Unfortunately, that has not issues,” Spreck says, “but I had details has made a big difference. He yet happened.” difficulty accepting that the dam was has worked closely with others in the Since April, when the Sacramento a pork-barrel project that would never environmental community for almost Bee’s Forum article touted Restore be repaid. Dams like New Melones ten years, administratively and as an Hetch Hetchy’s efforts and praised are lose-lose propositions; bad for the expert witness in federal court, to Spreck’s technical analysis, his role environment and bad for the implement the 800,000 acre-feet of has changed. “I’d like to get back to economy as well.” “project yield” that was dedicated the number crunching”, he says, “but Spreck joined Environmental fishery restoration in the San Fran- I have been spending all my time on Defense in 1988. His early work on cisco Bay-Delta Estuary and Central the phone and going to meetings energy issues gravitated toward Valley. More recently he has helped trying to convince people that it is hydropower, including issues at Glen the Hoopa Valley Tribe and other worth taking a hard look at the water Canyon Dam, where the fluctuating interests on the Trinity River in their and power issues.” releases from the dam have devas- efforts to get a lasting restoration Spreck lives in Oakland with his tated the riparian corridor down- plan, including enough water for the wife Isabella, whom he met on the stream in the Grand Canyon. Eventu- river’s depleted fisheries. Merced River in 1979. Together they ally the Bureau of Reclamation and For Restore Hetch Hetchy, Spreck and their children have continued to other federal agencies used the has developed a mega-spreadsheet to explore the rivers and mountains of operations model Spreck created to investigate alternatives for the the American West. “It has been great analyze both sediment transport and movement of water in the Tuolumne to be able to work on issues and in hydropower values. This technical River and the water supply systems places that I really care about,” says effort, in conjunction with advocacy that depend on it. The spreadsheet Spreck. “And Hetch Hetchy is from the Sierra Club, Grand Canyon values clearly indicate that there are certainly one of those places. Restore Trust, American Rivers and others, viable options that would not dimin- Hetch Hetchy has made important helped to create modified operational ish water supply for any cities or headway on its mission, but our rules and a progressive long-term farms. This preliminary analysis may greatest challenges lie ahead. I am management program. serve as a starting place for a public looking forward to them.”  Restore Hetch Hetchy catalog items for gift-givers!

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