According to the National Park Service's Statement of Significance: "These are the most important and best-preserved Hopewell mounds in the western Great Lakes region.

[3] According to the National Park Service, "Severe erosion, flooding, and nearby development threaten the Mound Group.

"[1] "The Public Museum of Grand Rapids has been awarded funding to complete a Cultural Landscape Management Plan that will assess the site's condition.

Public awareness of the NHL has increased due to ongoing development of the Millennium Park.

The Converse Mounds were razed in the nineteenth century as Grand Rapids expanded, and no trace remains of them today.

The burial goods included jars, cups, dishes, spoons, arrowheads, pipes, tools, beads, pearls, and shell items.