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Tuolumne River

Here is a brief timeline of our history.

1981

Tuolumne River Trust is founded.

1984

Wild and Scenic designation for 83 miles of the Tuolumne River between Hetch Hetchy and Don Pedro dams. Stops a 3-dam hydroelectric project.

1990

Turlock Irrigation District begins planning the Clavey Project.

1991

USFS declares the Clavey River "eligible but not suitable" for Wild and Scenic designation.

1992

TRT appeals the designation.

1993

TRT intervenes in the FERC re-licensing of New Don Pedro dam.

1995

Turlock Irrigation District withdraws the Clavey Project.

1995

TRT signs a Settlement Agreement for the FERC re-licensing of New Don Pedro dam.

1996

TRT opens the Visitor Center in Groveland.

1997

Clavey Wild and Scenic Review published.

1999

TRT helps found a collaborative effort to plan for Clavey watershed management, the Clavey River Ecosystem Project.

2000

TRT helps found collaborative effort to improve habitat and recreation along the lower Tuolumne River, the Tuolumne River Coalition.

2002

TRPT initiates the Big Bend project to purchase about 200 acres and restore more than 250 acres along the Tuolumne River below Modesto

2003 The Trust creates a San Francisco program with the intention of promoting water stewardship throughout the Bay Area.

2004

TRT celebrates the 20th Anniversary of National Wild and Scenic Designation of the Tuolumne River with a Wild T Party.

2005

Tuolumne River listed as # 8 on the American River's Most Endangered Rivers.

2005

TRT convinces San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to drop plans for a new pipeline across the San Joaquin Valley.

2006

TRT spearheads the Trekking the Tuolumne education program and the Tuolumne River Outdoor Classroom Dedication takes place on  April 1.

2006 TRT "completes" the Big Bend Project.
2006

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission adopts and Environmental Stewarship Policy for the first time in history.

2008
TRT helps convince San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to drop plans to divert an additional 25 million gallons of water per day from the Tuolumne River.