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It's always seemed so bonkers to me that Yosemite National Park was made in 1890 and yet Hetch Hetchy, which was part of the park, was dammed in the early 1920s
by onychomys 6y ago
It's always seemed so bonkers to me that Yosemite National Park was made in 1890 and yet Hetch Hetchy, which was part of the park, was dammed in the early 1920s. I get that it was a different time and all, but come on, you can't go around destroying part of a NP like that.
- jefftk 6y agoConsistent sources of water for cities are really important, and people were historically more willing to make pragmatic tradeoffs.