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 118 STAT. 2412 PUBLIC LAW 108–424—NOV. 30, 2004 with the minimum impact necessary to reasonably accomplish the task. (c) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—Consistent with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)) and in accordance with appro priate policies such as those set forth in Appendix B of House Report 101–405, the State may continue to use aircraft, including helicopters, to survey, capture, transplant, monitor, and provide water for wildlife populations, including bighorn sheep, and feral stock, horses, and burros. (d) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.—Subject to sub section (f), the Secretary shall authorize structures and facilities, including existing structures and facilities, for wildlife water development projects, including guzzlers, in the wilderness areas designated by this Act if— (1) the structures and facilities will, as determined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness values by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife populations; and (2) the visual impacts of the structures and facilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably be minimized. (e) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—In consultation with the appropriate State agency (except in emergencies), the Secretary may designate by regulation areas in which, and establish periods during which, for reasons of public safety, administration, or compli ance with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will be permitted in the wilderness areas designated by this Act. (f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The terms and conditions under which the State, including a designee of the State, may conduct wildlife management activities in the wilderness areas designated by this title are specified in the cooperative agreement between the Secretary and the State, entitled ‘‘Memorandum of Under standing between the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Wildlife Supplement No. 9,’’ and signed November and December 2003, including any amendments to that document agreed upon by the Secretary and the State and subject to all applicable laws and regulations. Any references to Clark County in that document shall also be deemed to be referred to and shall apply to Lincoln County, Nevada. SEC. 210. WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT. Consistent with section 4 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133), nothing in this title precludes a Federal, State, or local agency from conducting wildfire management operations (including operations using aircraft or mechanized equipment) to manage wildfires in the wilderness areas designated by this title. SEC. 211. CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION. Subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, nothing in this title precludes the installation and mainte nance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in the wilderness areas designated by this title if the facilities and access to the facilities are essential to flood warning, flood control, and water reservoir operation activities. TITLE III—UTILITY CORRIDORS SEC. 301. UTILITY CORRIDOR AND RIGHTS OF WAY. (a) UTILITY CORRIDOR.— Applicability.

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