Priority Priority boils down to the amount of pressure to get the job done.
Higher priorities command more attention, staff, and money at a given time.
Lower priorities aren't dropped completely, but they have fewer allocated resources. Establishing Reclamation's Priority Determining what has priority is really a matter of deciding what tradeoffs to make. Priority starts at a local level by listing community-based issues consistent with Reclamation's mission. This list provides a backdrop to determine which watershed issues and regional needs are most pressing or important. Public involvement efforts on projects, public affairs offices, and other internal resources as well as news media and local organizations are good sources of information.