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<br />OOnJ22 <br /> <br />permitted only where it is sanctioned by law, is incidental to visitor <br />use, or is desirable to preserve and interpret significant historical <br />resources of the area. <br /> <br />Although 51 private inholdings are in the national park, totaling 905 <br />acres, only two intrude into the roadless areas and affect the proposed <br />wilderness boundaries to any great extent. One is located in Black <br />Canyon Creek near Estes Park, and the other is 160 acres of life ten- <br />ancy land near Many Parks Curve. Both are expected to be acquired in <br />the future and have been recommended as potential wilderness additions. <br /> <br />The water rights on Bluebird, Pear, and Sandbeach Reservoirs are held <br />by the City of Longmont for domestic water use. They include impound- <br />ment rights at the site and right of access although the access routes <br />have not been improved. Drawdowns are expected each summer. The Eureka <br />Ditch water right is held by the City of Loveland to divert water from <br />the west side of the divide in the head of Tonahutu Creek to the Big. <br />Thompson drainage via Spruce Creek. On Lawn Lake, right of impoundment <br />and access is held by the Farmers Ditch Supply Company for irrigation <br />use. Severe annual drawdowns are experienced. All of these water right <br />developments have been recommended for potential wilderness additions <br />since it. is feasible to restore the area to wilderness quality by change <br />of impoundment locations or exchange with other federally owned rights. <br /> <br />The multiple use management of public and private lands surrounding the <br />national park affect the overall environment of the proposed wilderness. <br />Timber harvest is progressing on Federal, State and private land mostly <br />west and north of the park. Summer home and other hunting or recreation <br />developments are being established at a rapid rate in the Grand Lake <br />area and down the entire east boundary of the park on private land. <br />Some of these developments are contiguous with the proposed wilderness <br />boundary. These losses of previously primitive land make the proposed <br />wilderness even more valuable, but will also pose somewhat of an intru- <br />sion on the wilderness environment. <br /> <br />18 <br />