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 103 STAT. 1788 PUBLIC LAW 101-195—DEC. 5, 1989 Claims. Flood control. Water. or buffer zones around each wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from within a wilderness area shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area. SEC. 8. WATER ALLOCATION AUTHORITY. (a) Within the wilderness areas designated by this Act, there is hereby reserved a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes of the wilderness areas created by this Act. (b) The priority date of the water rights reserved in paragraph (a) shall be the date of enactment of this Act. (c) The Secretary shall file a claim for the quantification of the water rights reserved in paragraph (a) in an appropriate stream adjudication and shall take all steps necessary to protect such rights in such an adjudication. (d) The Federal water rights reserved by this Act shall be in addition to any water rights which may have been previously re- served or obtained by the United States for other than wilderness purposes. (e) The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are specific to the wilderness areas located in the State of Nevada designated by this Act. Nothing in this Act, nor in any legislative history accom- panying this Act related to reserved Federal water rights, shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future designations, nor shall it constitute an interpretation of any other Act or any designation made pursuant thereto. SEC. 9. STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AUTHORITY. As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of Nevada with respect to wildlife and fish in the national forests in Nevada. SEC. 10. CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION. Subject to such reasonable terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, nothing in this Act or the Wilderness Act shall be construed to prevent, where appropriate, the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological collection devices within the wilderness areas or additions thereto designated by this Act, where such facilities and access thereto are essential to flood warning, flood control and water reservoir operation purposes.

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