The following priorities are addressed with more detail in the Statewide Assessments:

Conservation Needs to Address Priority Threats
Threats addressed within the Priority Threats discussion were identified by natural resource professionals as being of at least Medium severity in all four ecoregions or all four lake basins, or greater than Medium severity in three of the four ecoregions or lake basins; conservation actions, research and monitoring implemented to fulfill conservation needs that address these threats will have a great influence on wildlife conservation statewide.

Conservation Needs to Address Additional Priority Issues
Issues addressed within the Additional Priority Issues discussion were identified by participants at meetings and workshops as being of high importance to conservation of wildlife in Michigan; again, implementation of conservation efforts to fulfill identified conservation needs will have a substantial positive effect on wildlife statewide.

Statewide Priority Conservation Needs
Further prioritization of conservation needs was completed at the statewide scale based on the information presented in the above assessments in combination with priorities identified at workshops and through scientific literature review. As with the landscape feature and SGCN summaries, conservation needs repeatedly identified to address multiple threats and issues are recognized as priorities, because, successful implementation of conservation actions, research and monitoring to fulfill these needs would have a broader influence on wildlife conservation.