which such area is designated. The priority date of such
reserved rights shall be the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture and all other officers of the United States shall
take all steps necessary to protect the rights reserved by
subsection (a), including the filing of claims for quantifica-
tion of such rights in any present or future appropriate
stream adjudication, in a court of the State of Idaho, Mon-
tana, Wyoming, Oregon, or Washington, in which the
United States has been or is properly joined in accordance
with section 208 of the Act of July 10, 1952 (66 Stat.
560; 43 U.S.C. 666; commonly referred to as the
‘‘McCarran Amendment’’).
SEC. 14. CONSTRUCTION.
(a) PROHIBITION
OF CONSTRUCTION
AS RELIN-
QUISHMENT OR REDUCTION OF RIGHTS.—No provision of
this Act may be construed as a relinquishment or reduc-
tion of any water rights reserved, appropriated, or other-
wise secured by the United States in the State of Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, or Washington on or before
the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) PROHIBITION
ON CONSTRUCTION
AS PRECE-
DENT.—No provision of this Act may be construed as
establishing a precedent with regard to any future
designations, including designations of wilderness, or as
constituting an interpretation of any other Act or designa-
tions made pursuant thereto.
SEC. 15. CONSTRUCTION REGARDING INDIAN TRIBES.
No provision of this Act may be construed to affect
or modify any treaty or other right of an Indian tribe.
SEC. 16. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The term ‘‘development’’
means activities that eliminate the roadless and wil-
derness characteristics of the land and includes ski
resort facilities and such activities as roadbuilding,
timber harvest, mining, and oil and gas drilling.
(2) ENTRY.—The term ‘‘entry’’ means to enter
a roadless area for development purposes and associ-
ated activities such as roadbuilding, timber harvest,
mining, or other such activities which eliminate the
roadless character of the land.
(3) GREATER ECOSYSTEM.—The term ‘‘greater
ecosystem’’ means the ecological land units of suffi-
cient scale to support and maintain populations of
large vertebrate species and the other native plant
and animal species of the area. These units are com-
prised of lands which are similar in regards to to-
pography, climate, and plant and animal species.
The ecosystems in the Northern Rockies are also de-
fined in terms of the habitat of wildlife indicator
species listed as threatened or endangered under sec-
tion 4(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1533(c)), including grizzly bear, gray wolf,
bald eagle, and caribou, and have been depicted on
maps published by Federal agencies.
(4) NORTHERN
ROCKIES
BIOREGION.—The
term ‘‘Northern Rockies Bioregion’’ means the por-
tion of the Northern Rocky Mountains in the States
of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and Washing-
ton, so referred to on maps referred to in this Act.
(5) RECOVERY.—The term ‘‘recovery’’ means
the restoration of lands damaged by land manage-
ment activities to a condition as close as possible to
the condition of such lands as existed prior to entry
and development of the lands.
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