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Species of Greatest Conservation Need

The Arizona Game and Fish has limited resources, and therefore must use them wisely. To help us set these priorities, we use objective criteria to identify "Species of Greatest Conservation Need". These will be species that we will focus our efforts in wildlife management. Arizona Game and Fish is interested in knowing your opinion regarding the following criteria used to identify Species of Greatest Conservation Need.

Please indicate how important or unimportant you feel each criterion should be:

	Extremely Unimportant	Moderately Unimportant	Slightly Unimportant	Neither	Slightly Important	Moderately Important	Extremely Important
Extirpated: Species that were present historically, but are now locally extinct.

Federal or State legal status: Species that are federally listed, or have been given state legal status.

Imperiled: Species that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature has ranked as imperiled (G1) or rare (G2).

Declining: Species whose population or habitats show significant decline.

Disjunct: Species with few 'satellite' populations that are separated by large relative distance from larger core populations.

Demographic: Species with low birth rates or high death rates resulting in population decline.

Concentration: Species with small, concentrated populations that are vulnerable to local threats and catastrophic events

Fragmentation: Species where human-created barriers such as highways, railroads, impoundments, dry streams, etc., have resulted in populations that are small and isolated from one another.

Distribution: Species where 70% or more of global population breeds within Arizona even if locally abundant.

Are there any additional criteria that you would use? Please explain.

Would you change any of the currently used criteria in any way? Please explain.

Do you have any general comments on the Criteria used for the Species of Greatest Conservation Need? Please explain.