Peter Newman, Senior Technical Adviser
Dr. Peter Newman is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, and an associate professor of protected areas management. His research focuses on the human dimensions of natural resource management and social carrying capacity decision-making in the context of protected areas management.
Dr. Newman is the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on research currently underway in Rocky Mountain, Yosemite, and Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks and has created a research partnership with the Natural Sounds Program of the National Park Service (NPS). He also worked as an NPS ranger in the Division of Resources Management in Yosemite and as a naturalist/instructor for the Yosemite Institute. He is author on more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and has presented more than 40 papers at national and international professional meetings. Dr. Newman received his PhD in natural resources from the University of Vermont, an MS in forest resource management from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and a BA in political science from the University of Rochester.
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