The Sierra Club, populated to no small extent, by Northern California Anti Southern California Eco fascists, fought for years to 'save Mono Lake', a desolate piece of shimmering water in an otherwise desolate area. The Courts ruled against LA and basically said that the preservation of a 'scenic' and environmentally sensitive area' was of such importance that no cost was to high to not restore the area for the common good of the people.
It has always struck me as pure hypocrisy that this rich eco-egocentrics, could fight so hard against LA, while Hetch-Hetchy remained flooded and ruined. John Muir described H-H valley as being more beautiful then Yosemite.