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002714 29 "Spanish Peaks Wilderness Study Area Proposal", dated June 1980; [(8) the Vasquez Peak Wilderness Study Area, consisting of approximately twelve thousand eight hundred acres in the Arapaho National Forest, as generally depicted on a map enti- tled "Vasquez Peak Wilderness Study Area Proposal", dated September 1980; and [(9) the West Needle Wilderness Study Area, consisting of approximately fIfteen thousand eight hundred acres in the San Juan National Forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled "West Needle Wilderness Study Area Proposal", dated June 1980. [(b) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri- culture shall review jointly the Wheeler Geologic Study Area con- sisting of approximately fourteen thousand acres in the Gunnison National Forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Wheeler Geologic Study Area Proposal", dated November 1980, and within three years following the date of enactment of this Act shall report to the President and to Congress their recommendations for man- agement of the lands in such study area. In making such review and reEort, such Secretaries shall consider- [(1) the natural, historical, cultural, scenic, economic, edu- cational, scientifIc, energy, mineral, and geologic values of the study area; [(2) the management and protection of fragile geologic re- sources within the area; [(3) possible land management options or designations in- cluding national park, national monument, or national recre- ation area designation; addition to the National Wilderness Preservation System; special administrative designations; and management under the general laws and regulations applica- ble to the National Forest System; [(4) the effect of possible land management options on con- sumers, national security, and national, State and local econo- mies, including timber harvest, tourism, grazing, energy, water, mineral, and other commercial activities; [(5) the need for additional mineral exploration in such area; and [(6) the suitability and desirability of permanent or tem- porary road or other mechanized access into the study area, with special attention to access by the elderly and the handi- capped. [(c) Subject to valid existing rights, the study areas designated by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall, until Congress de- termines otherwise, be administered by the Secretary of Agri- culture so as to maintain their presently existing wilderness char- acter and potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preser- vation System: Provided, That with respect to grazing of livestock and oil, gas, or mineral exploration and development activities, such study areas shall be administel'ed according to the laws gen- erally applicable to the National Forest System. [SEC. 106. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall review and within three years after the date of enactment of this Act, shall re- port to the President and the Congress in accordance with sub-