The Dam Rent Is Too Low
Sara SutherlandThe city of San Francisco has benefited enormously from an outdated lease with Yosemite National Park over the use of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. It’s time to update the dam agreement.
Sara Sutherland
Lone Mountain Fellow
Sara Sutherland is a lecturer and faculty member at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Her research focuses on the political economy of fisheries, water management, and public lands. In recent years, she has examined property rights to fish in Alaska, the history and political economy of the National Park service, and ecosystem service valuation in North Carolina. She holds a master’s degree in economics and a PhD in environmental science and management from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
