PRESS ADVISORY
September 18, 2009
CONTACT:Mike Marshall
Executive Director, Restore Hetch Hetchy
(415) 956-0401 office
(415) 297-8382 cell
mike@hetchhetchy.org
WHAT: Rally for Restoration!
WHERE: O’Shaugnessy Dam, Hetch Hetchy Valley
Yosemite National Park
WHEN: September 19, 1:00 PM
FEATURED
SPEAKERS:Actor Lee Stetson as John Muir
Mike Marshall, Executive Director of Restore Hetch Hetchy
Reverend John Saville, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Corona, Ca. & participant in Muir’s March
WHY: Fifty activists will turn out to rally for the restoration of the Hetch Hetchy Valley and to greet the 13 marchers participating in Muir’s March (www.muirsmarch.dojiggy.com). The purpose of Muir’s March was to raise awareness and money for Restore Hetch Hetchy (www.hetchhetchy.org), the national advocacy campaign to bring the Hetch Hetchy Valley back to life. Muir’s Marchers hiked for 7 days (Sept. 13-19) from Tuolumne Meadows to the O’Shaughnessy Dam.
Prior to participating in the event, Muir’s Marchers raised $20,585 from more than 150 supporters.
MUIR’S MARCH IN THE NEWS!
Press Enterprise: http://www.pe.com/localnews/opinion/localviews/stories/PE_OpEd_Opinion_S_op_06_saville_loc.44ba040.html
Greater Fresno Examiner:
http://www.examiner.com/x-15574-Greater-Fresno-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Muirs-March-Hetch-Hetchy-Valley
San Francisco Examiner:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/59083252.html