Hetch Hetchy Valley

It took a while for that idea to catch on in the US at first. Beginning in the mid 1800s there was a movement toward conservation. This was usually spearheaded by the wealthy who saw the common people spreading over the landscape, destroying things as they went along Hetch Hetcy Valley Controversy John Muir became very concerned with preserving many of the natural beauty spots out west. He wrote and became involved in controversies about these places. One notable one was a dam he opposed because it would flood an incredibly beautiful valley called Hetch Hetchy Valley. He argued that the water was not needed, but after the Earthquake and ensuing fire in San Francisco in 1906, he lost the cause due to political and public outcry for better equipped fire fighting facilities. Whenever public health is involved, in an environmental situation or anything else, the public health issue wins. Many texts will tell you that Rachael Carson was the founder of the environmental movement in the US. On the contrary, there was conservation and environmental movement for over a hundred years before she published her famous book, "Silent Spring." Later in the course…

On the trip Muir discussed environmental issues and the devastation of the wilderness. Upon returning, he successfully convinced Roosevelt and the California governor to make the valley part of Yosemite National Park. Many of his articles were so inspiring that readers began to speak for conservation in politics. Also, John Muir was actively involved in the fight personally. One example of this is when he started a campaign against the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Many of Muir’s efforts…

for sheep and cattle grazing were put into effect. He also allowed continued logging, as well as, the continuation of the mining of coal, iron, and other minerals. For the most part, Pinchot and Muir had similar interests in mind and, together, they were able to secure a great amount of land and protect it from over-utilization. Although they were able to agree on many things, the constant struggle between the interests of preservationists and the interests of conservationists could not…

Let us discuss our destination. Double-Bubble Rock sits on the east side of Bell Creek Valley. Except for a picturesque mountain near Bear Lake, there is nothing of comparable height for many miles to the south. And, as it happens, this side of Bell Creek Valley is generally higher than the west side, where Burst Rock is found. In other words, from Burst Rock the view extends for about a mile, to the local ridge — to Powell Pike, the Bubbles, and the remainder of Bell Creek Valley’s eastern rim…

Fifteen miles south of the world-renowned Yosemite Valley sits alone the Hetch Hetchy Valley with its water roaring. Hard to believe, but it was once recognized as the counterpart of the Yosemite Valley and grabbed the same attention for its natural beauty— cascading waterfalls, lofty mountain cliffs, and serene rivers. John Muir, an ardent advocate for the preservation of the wilderness, described the experience of visiting Hetch Hetchy to be a sheer pleasure: “it [was] a bright day in June;…

Ward Elementary School in Las Vegas. The Nevada state capitol building is made of Sandstone as was the former United States mint. Sandstone makes up most of Nevada’s amazing scenery and is found throughout the state of Nevada in areas like the Valley of Fire State Park and Red Rock Canyon Recreational Lands. The state trees are the Bristlecone Pine and Single-leaf Piñon (or pinyon) The Bristlecone Pine was made an official state tree in 1987 while the Single-leaf Pinyon was made one in 1953.…

the bottom of his feet. They leave him outside all night, until Tom finds Ned and cuts the rope from his hands and feet. Tom carries Ned out of the camp, and another boy, Merle, escapes with them. Throughout their escape, the boys encountered two groups of natives. Tom stabs the first group of natives (Iroquois) with a small knife. Shortly after another group of natives arrive and Tom makes peace with them. The Huron tribe takes the group of boys to their camp and they help Ned’s feet heal,…

to be the element that links all the documentaries together has less to do with visual style and more with Antonioni’s background and infatuation with his home country. These films seem to be about the destructive results of clinging to old customs in the modern era, how attempting to capture the past is a futile effort. There is no shortage of notes about social classes either. “Gente Del Po” was the most memorable to me as I’m sure it was to most. The many shots of the landscapes, river and…

With steady improvements and with more of the tourist looking for a backwoods area with excellent fishing and hunting the Summer Resort started to flourish. On of the earliest guests of John 's Summer Resort was two families of Bampfield 's, James and his brother along with their wives on an 1895 fishing excursion. The Bampfields were one of the wealthiest families in Niagara Falls Ontario whose success emanated form various commercial development such as the Great Western Restaurant and a…

California (Fig.1), and within the Owens Valley basin, flanked by the Sierra Nevada and Inyo/White mountain ranges to the west and east, respectively. The hills are of particular interest as they represent an unusual combination of lithologies, structures, and a geomorphology that is inconsistent for the basin. Using geophysical methods, I hope to infer the source of this outcrop. A long-runout landslide, or a structural flower system is currently proposed to explain the Poverty Hills; previous…