Park boundaries often do not coincide with ecosystem boundaries or even contain entire watersheds. Multiple jurisdictions, often with conflicting management goals and mandates, are common within ecosystems and watersheds. A need exists to combine technical, staff, and financial resources effectively to solve resource management problems. Coordination and cooperation between government agencies, tribes, private industry, and non-governmental organizations is essential. Ecosystem management teams such as the Provincial Interagency Executive Committee and the Olympic Province Advisory Committee provide a forum for information sharing, coordination, resource pooling, and decision-making that substantially reflects the values of the entire affected community.
Proactive management is the most effective strategy to stem and prevent future crises.
Working more closely with other agencies and the community can help build an understanding of national parks and support for effective park management. The National Park Service must engage in a sustained and integrated program of natural, cultural and social science research and resource management to acquire the information needed to manage and protect park resources. Such protection takes knowledge. A park objective under this mandate is to establish a sound, scholarly basis for resource management decisions. This requires an inventory of park resources, as well as an understanding of the processes that sustain them and the threats that endanger them.