Michael Ferguson
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: RECREATION MANAGEMENT & POLICY

Michael Ferguson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Recreation Management and Policy at the University of New Hampshire. He designs, manages, and analyzes natural resource research in parks and protected areas. Broadly, his work focuses on outdoor recreation behaviors and the human dimensions of natural resource management.

Specifically, Dr. Ferguson's research models recreation visitor behaviors, decision-making, and experiences within a social-ecological systems framework. This research provides natural resource managers, elected officials, private industry, and the general public with scientifically grounded, data-driven, and legally defensible results to best manage outdoor recreation visitation. Research collaborators include the USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, NH State Parks, and other various federal, state, local, and private organizations.