Michael Ferguson

Michael D. Ferguson is Associate Professor at University of New Hampshire's Department of Recreation Management and Policy. His research focuses on visitor management in parks and protected areas, with expertise in recreation policy and human dimensions of natural resources.

Education includes:

• Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University
• M.S. and B.S. from West Virginia University

Research examines human-nature interactions in recreation settings, with focus on visitor behavior modeling, recreation conflict resolution, and sustainable tourism planning. Current projects investigate climate change impacts on recreation and equity in park access. Funded by federal and state agencies including USDA Forest Service.

Publications address visitor management challenges, showing trends in crisis response research and environmental policy integration. Recent work emphasizes COVID-19 impacts and sustainable tourism planning.

Directs the Applied Recreation Research Collaborative (ARRC) lab investigating social-ecological systems in recreation management.

No specific awards or student advisees mentioned in available documentation.