The statewide priority conservation actions identified in the following links include conservation actions, research and monitoring that, if implemented, have the potential for the widest-reaching benefits for wildlife in Michigan.

Conservation actions, research and monitoring identified in the preceding discussions of 'Priority Threats' and 'Additional Priority Issues,' have already received some degree of prioritization over conservation needs identified in the landscape feature summaries, because they address threats and issues that are considered priorities statewide. All of the statewide priority threats and issues are important, and it is difficult to justify further prioritization of associated conservation needs.

Three types of statewide priority conservation needs are presented:

• Conservation actions, research and monitoring needs identified through a summary analysis of all needs recommended within assessments of statewide priority threats and issues
  
  
• Conservation actions, research and monitoring needs recommended to specifically address the highest priority threats (invasive species and fragmentation)
  
  
• Statewide priority research needs identified during developement of the action plan.