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Step 4: Sub-criteria for each of the four selection criteria were necessary in order to ensure that bottomland sites could be classified without tie-scores. Each selection criterion was then further divided into sub- criteria that were subjectively assigned a point value as follows: Criterion A: Status of land ownership 3 = Federal ownership 2 = State ownership 1 = Private or Tribal ownership Table 1. Paired comparison analysis of the four selection criteria°. When a criterion is compared to itself it receives a point value of 1 (e.g., A:A = 1). When two criteria are compared, the one that is selected as being more important receives the point value. For example, B:A means that criterion B was perceived to contribute more to endangered fish recovery than criterion A, and therefore received the point.value. Because criterion B was chosen over criterion A, the A:B comparison received no point value. C' Da A A:A B:A C:A D:B 1 (3+3+4)/3=3.3 (4+4+4)/3=4.0° 0 B A:B B:B C:B D:B 0 1 0 0 C A:C B:C C:C DX 0 (4+4+4)/3=4.0 1 (3+3+3)/3=3.0 D A:D B:D C:D 0:0 0 (3+3+4)/3=3.3 0 1 Total Average (1+0+0+0)=1 (3.3+1+4.0+3.3)=12 (4.0+0+1+0)=5 (3.3+0+3.0+1)=7 Point Value` Criterion A = Land ownership status, Criterion B = Proximity to a known or planned razorback sucker spawning area (Green River)` or proximity to recent adult razorback sucker captures (Colorado River), Criterion C = June hydrological connection to river, Criterion D = Potential for a network (complex) of bottomland sites. The equation (3+3+4)/3 = 3.3 represents two events. The (3+3+4) portion of the equation is the three point values assigned the criterion by each team member. The product of the equation or 3.3 is the average weighted point value of the selected criterion. The total average point value is the sum of the average weighted point values for each selected criterion. (These values were rounded to the nearest whole number.) 9