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<br />designated under this paragraph. Nothing in this Act shall affect or impair the management by the State
<br />of West Virginia of other wildlife activities in the Bluestone Public Hunting and Fishing Area to the
<br />extent permitted in the lease agreement as in effect on the enactment of this paragraph [October 26,
<br />1988], and such management may be continued pursuant to renewal of such lease agreement. If
<br />requested to do so by the State of West Virginia, the Secretary may terminate such leases and assume
<br />administrative authority over the areas concerned. Nothing in the designation of the segment referred to
<br />in this paragraph shall affect or impair the management of the Bluestone project or the authority of any
<br />department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States to carry out the project purposes of that
<br />project as of the date of enactment of this paragraph [October 26, 1988]. Nothing in this Act shall be
<br />construed to affect the continuation of studies relating to such projects which were commenced before
<br />the enactment of this paragraph.
<br />(66) SIPSEY FORK OF THE WEST FORK, ALABAMA. --
<br />(A) Segments of the Sipsey Fork and several tributaries; to be administered by the Secretary of
<br />Agriculture in the classifications indicated, as follows: (1) Sipsey Fork from the confluence of Sandy
<br />Creek upstream to Forest Highway 26, as a scenic river; and (2) Sipsey Fork from Forest Highway 26
<br />upstream to its origin at the confluence of Thompson Creek and Hubbard Creek, as a wild river; and (3)
<br />Hubbard Creek from its confluence with Thompson Creek upstream to Forest Road 210, as a wild river;
<br />and (4) Thompson Creek from its confluence with Hubbard Creek upstream to its origin in section 4,
<br />township 8 south, range 9 west, as a wild river; and (5) Tedford Creek from its confluence with
<br />Thompson Creek upstream to section 17, township 8 south, range 9 west, as a wild river; and (6) Mattox
<br />Creek from its confluence with Thompson Creek upstream to section 36 of township 7 south, range 9
<br />west, as a wild river; and (7) Borden Creek from its confluence with the Sipsey Fork upstream to Forest
<br />Road 208, as a wild river; and (8) Borden Creek from Forest Road 208 upstream to its confluence with
<br />Montgomery Creek, as a scenic river; and (9) Montgomery Creek from its confluence with Borden
<br />Creek upstream to the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 36, township 7 south, range
<br />8 west, as a scenic river; and (10) Flannigan Creek from its confluence with Borden Creek upstream to
<br />Forest Road 208, as a wild river; and (11) Flannigan Creek from Forest Road 208 upstream to section 4,
<br />township 8 south, range 8 west, as a scenic river; and (12) Braziel Creek from its confluence with
<br />Borden Creek upstream to section 12, township 8 south, range 9 west, as a wild river, and (13) Hogood
<br />Creek from its confluence with Braziel Creek upstream to the confluence with an unnamed tributary in
<br />section 7, township 8 south, range 8 west, as a wild river.
<br />(B) A map entitled "Sipsey Fork of the West Fork Wild and Scenic River" generally depicting the
<br />Sipsey Fork and the tributaries, shall be on file and remain available for public inspections in the office
<br />of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
<br />(67) WILDCAT RIVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. --
<br />(A) A 14.51 mile segment including the following tributaries: Wildcat Brook, Bog Brook, and
<br />Great Brook (all as generally depicted on a map entitled "Wildcat River," dated October 1987) to be
<br />administered as follows: those segments of the Wildcat River and its tributaries located within the
<br />boundary of the White Mountain National Forest (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "the
<br />forest ") shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as
<br />the "Secretary "); those segments located outside the boundary of the forest shall be administered by the
<br />Secretary through a cooperative agreement with the Board of Selectmen of the town of Jackson and the
<br />State of New Hampshire pursuant to section 10(e) of this Act. Such agreement shall provide for the
<br />long -term protection, preservation, and enhancement of the river segments located outside the boundary
<br />of the forest and shall be consistent with the comprehensive management plan to be prepared by the
<br />Secretary pursuant to section 3(d) of this Act and with the July 1987 River Conservation Plan prepared
<br />by the Wildcat Brook Advisory Committee in conjunction with the National Park Service.
<br />(B)(i) To assist in the implementation of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish, within 3
<br />months after the date of enactment of this subparagraph [October 28, 1988], a Wildcat River Advisory
<br />Commission (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "Commission "). (ii) The Commission shall
<br />be composed of 7 members appointed by the Secretary as follows: one member from recommendations
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