[onychomys]

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]

Consistent sources of water for cities are really important, and people were historically more willing to make pragmatic tradeoffs.