5.1.2. State agency planning and coordination
A coordinated comprehensive framework is essential
to implement NBT activities. State resource management
has traditionally been characterized by specific
missions, rigidly stratified and specialized organizational
structures, and the subdivision of problems into
narrowly defined tasks. Those activities are encompassed
in the mission statements of the agencies that
manage NBT resources (Table 3). However, agencies do
not have the resources and personnel to fulfill their
present missions and simultaneously take on additional
responsibilities that are implied in providing for NBT.
Existing field level staff is often seasonal and cannot do
the required planning within the context of a NBT/
ecosystem approach.