Chapter 5 Threats
Information about emerging issues and concerns is also discussed in this chapter. Finding solutions to specific conservation problems will have as much to do with addressing these overarching issues as it will with addressing more immediate problems. Many threats to wildlife are also general activities that can be important to the economic wellbeing of our state. It is important to work collaboratively so that ecosystem stewardship and economic goals are not mutually exclusive. As previously noted, the threat categories addressed in this chapter are based on the definitions and hierarchical classification scheme published by Salafsky et al. (2008) with modifications. These threats were incorporated into the species evaluation and ranking process as Conservation Concern Metric 9 and Knowledge Gap Metric 14 and were used by Taxa Teams as part of their evaluations to determine SGCN. The Taxa Teams applied Metric 9 to gauge the scope and severity of the threat impacts using a Bayesian analysis. Metric 14 was applied to assess and rank the importance of each threat as a research topic to address knowledge gaps. Metrics 9 and 14 are incorporated in this chapter without additional analysis beyond Taxa Team consideration. The SGCN evaluation method is described in a white paper provided in Appendix 3 as Reference Document 3-1. Lists of SGCN and other priority species are in Appendix 3. All references cited in this document are in a separate section at the end of the Plan.
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