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Roughly four to five million visitors flock to Yosemite National Park each year, most of whom seek out the misty waterfalls and dramatic granite walls of Yosemite Valley. But how would those numbers change if the park boasted a second awe-inspiring valley? A recent report evaluates the economic benefits of restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley. Hetch Hetchy, a glacially carved valley situated in the northern end of the park, was flooded and dammed in the early 1900s in order to serve as the primary drinking water source for parts of San Francisco and the Bay Area. Even before it was finished, the massive construction project had become a source of deep controversy between lawmakers and early environmentalists. “No holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man,” conservationist John Muir famously wrote about the project in 1912. Today, the remote reservoir, open to limited activities including hiking and fishing, receives around 40,000 visitors each year. But a recent analysis by
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