As human developments continue to fragment wildlife habitat, Waterton-Glacier and other national parks have become more important to wild animals that require space, prey, and human tolerance. Nevertheless, even within the refuge of large parks, many species are so far ranging (birds, bears, wolves and ungulates, to name a few) that the long-term reality is the need for interagency cooperation in ecosystem management planning. The baseline information that the parks offer through monitoring and research comes to play once again.
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