DESIGNATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 201. DESIGNATION AND ADMINISTRATION. (a) Designation.— In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 890), the following National Forest System lands in the State of Alabama, comprising approximately thirteen thousand nine hunded and seventy acres, as generally depicted on maps appropriately referenced and on file in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, are hereby designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) certain lands in the William B. Bankhead National Forest which comprise approximately thirteen thousand two hundred and sixty acres as generally depicted on a map entitled “Sipsey Wilderness Additions—Proposed”, dated September 1988, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be part of the Sipsey Wilderness; (2) certain lands in the Talladega National Forest which comprise approximately seven hundred ten acres as generally depicted on a map entitled “Cheaha Wilderness Additions—Proposed”, dated June 1988, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Cheaha Wilderness. (b) Administration.— Subject to valid existing rights, wilderness designated by this Act shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act of 1964: Provided, That any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act. (c) Fire, Insect, and Disease Control.— Consistent with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act of 1964 (Public Law 93–622), and the United States Forest Service policy, the Secretary of Agriculture may take such measures as may be necessary in the control of fire, insects (including the Southern Pine Beetle), and diseases within the 102 STAT. 2738Sipsey Wilderness, and Sipsey Wilderness additions, including any areas within the designated boundaries of the Wild and Scenic Rivers, subject to conditions as the Secretary deems desirable: Provided, That such measures in the Secretary’s judgment are deemed necessary to protect threatened resources on Federal, State or private adjacent lands. Within five years from the date of enactment of this Act, or sooner for good cause in the judgment of the Secretary, the Secretary shall evaluate the dangers and potential dangers created by the Southern Pine Beetle and other insects in the Bankhead National Forest and adjacent State and private lands. If his evaluation of such dangers and potential dangers justifies a review of present United States Forest Service policy regarding such insects, then he shall review such policy for the Sipsey Wilderness additions, including any areas within designated boundaries of Wild and Scenic Rivers, and adjacent Federal lands relative to the control of such insects. Thereafter, he shall monitor the dangers and potential dangers of such insects and such policy, closely. (d) Hiking and Horse Trails.— The Secretary of Agriculture, at his discretion, shall convert existing roads within the Sipsey Wilderness Addition into suitable hiking or horse trails.