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<br />Page 48 <br /> <br />The final step in the prioritization process entails assessing the opportunities available to the Team as <br />they identify projects for the upcoming field season (see Table 3-3). During this next assessment, <br />cooperators must assess the level of opportunity present for each potential conservation action. <br />Opportunities may include funding, interest among members of the public, land ownership <br />surrounding the project area, and the severity and addressability of threats in each project area. The <br />highest priority projects identified through both the risk and opportunity assessment will be the <br />highest priority projects for implementation by the Team. <br /> <br /> <br />Possible total = 3 <br /> <br /> <br />roposed conservation action = 0 <br />Partial public support for action = 1 <br />Public support for proposed conservation action = 2 <br />Possible total = 2 <br />Funding <br />Potential fundin not identified = 0 <br />Potential funding source identified, fundin <br />Potental fundin source identified, fundin 'Iikel to be secured = 2 <br />Potential fundin source identified, fundin <br />Possible total = 3 <br />Reversibil' of threats <br />Threats present and not likel to be minimized without extreme effort = 0 <br />Threats present 'and ma otentiall be minimized with ade uate effort = 1 <br />Threats, r ardless of how severe, can be minimized = 2 <br />Possible total = 2 <br />Overall possible total = 10 <br />Table 3-3 Opportunity assessment. The opportunity assessment for prioritization of conservation actions <br />considers the presence of opportunities for implementation of projects in each 8-digit HUe. <br /> <br /> <br />All conservation actions will be reviewed thoroughly before implementation to ensure compatibility <br />with the overall conservation strategy. Where feasible, these conservation actions will be tied to other <br />priority actions implemented through other plans (i.e. watershed planning activities, the State's <br />Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, etc.). <br /> <br />Annual Priorities Document <br /> <br />Rather than including an exhaustive list of conservation actions in this document, we have chosen to <br />include specific conservation actions in a separate Annual Priorities document. Our intention in <br />separating these documents is to maintain greater flexibility to add and remove potential projects as <br />new information is acquired. New information, obtained from baseline surveys and assessments of <br />conservation actions will be used to update the list of conservation actions annually. This annual <br />