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<br />OJi1l13~ <br /> <br />VII. ANY IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS OF <br />RESOURCES WHICH WOULD BE INVOLVED <br /> <br />National Park status in itself, precludes grazing, logging, mining <br />or other consumptive uses. Under wilderness designation the resources <br />would be given additional protection. However, the Acts establish- <br />ing the park and the wilderness classification do not constitute an <br />irreversible or irretrievable commitment of resources. An Act of <br />Congress could disestablish the park and declassify the area as <br />wilderness, enabling the consumptive utilization of resources. <br />Wilderness preclusion of the water right reservation clause in the <br />1915 Act establishing the park could be reestablished, thus allowing <br />the Bureau of Reclamation to install water utilization facilities <br />if needed in future years. <br /> <br />30 <br />