Client Comments

Mark Damian Duda and his staff at Responsive Management have successfully completed numerous projects for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) over the last several years. Currently we employ Responsive Management to conduct our annual resident big game hunter harvest survey, as well as conduct periodic surveys of our state Wildlife Management Area users, resident small game hunters, and non-resident and honorary license holders. Furthermore, they recently surveyed and produced a high quality report on hunting and angling activity among Georgia’s general population.

My personal relationship with Mark goes back several years as WRD’s hunter harvest survey coordinator. I could always count on Mark and his associates to be very attentive to our informational needs and we have often relied on his expertise to produce a high quality product for us. Not only are Mark and his staff knowledgeable, but they are very approachable and eager to provide quality customer service. I have found very few public opinion research firms with Responsive Management’s experience and expertise in the field of natural resources and I recommend them, without hesitation, to other agencies that are looking for a quality vendor to provide a high level of competency and professionalism.

It is no surprise that Mark Duda and his team at Responsive Management are regarded as some of the best in the field of wildlife-related human dimensions research. Responsive Management far exceeded expectations for professionalism, work ethic, and time to completion while working collaboratively on a 2014 public opinion survey regarding Pennsylvania residents’ attitudes on and opinion toward nongame wildlife. The Game Commission sought to replicate a 1996 survey on the same topic, also completed by Responsive Management all those years ago. To our astonishment, Mark was able to find the 1996 report and survey instrument in his files, greatly facilitating the advancement of this project. In addition, Mark provided the narrative for a State Wildlife Grant to support this survey as part of the State Wildlife Action Plan revision. There was a grant match requirement, which Mark generously contributed to through a budget discount. By the time the state contracting process was completed, Responsive Management only had about three months to submit the final report. They not only finished on schedule, his survey team was able to procure the number of completes to accommodate the agreed upon sampling error. We were impressed. Suggested report edits were handled swiftly and professionally, and Mark continues to be available for additional questions and discussion about survey results. Sincere thanks, Mark, for your dedication to this project and best wishes for continued success.

I would be remiss if I did not recognize and thank the outstanding professional work that Mark Damian Duda (Responsive Management) and his staff accomplished for the States Organization of Boating Access and its partners (NMMA, Boat US, RBFF, AMI). This project was the first of its kind to understand on a national level, angler and boater experiences at boating access facilities. From the early stages of grant writing and developing a proposal through the final report, Mark and his staff demonstrated extraordinary skills in managing all phases of the project. I attended a boater focus group and watched facilitative skills draw much needed boater views that ultimately assisted in the survey questionnaire. Mark and his staff have great insight into human dimension work and this study proved that again. The project was expertly managed through the telephone survey and final report development which resulted in completing the work ahead of schedule. This work represents a national baseline that can be measured against as boating access programs across the country can learn from and improve. I look forward to future opportunities where I can work again with Responsive Management.

No one has done more to move the human dimensions aspect of natural resource management into the mainstream thinking of decision makers than Mark Duda.

I have worked with Responsive Management as a client and as part of state agency or research teams benefiting from their work for over a decade. For years prior to then, I utilized and received tremendous value from the work of Responsive Management through their reports, peer-reviewed publications and presentations at a wide variety of national conferences. Their work has always been thorough, accurate, well-designed and statistically rigorous. There was never any doubt that the data, analysis and interpretations and findings from the studies of Responsive Management were of the highest standards.

…It is important to recognize that Responsive Management has extensive experience and is highly regarded by the state fish and wildlife and natural resource agencies. In my previous capacity as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, we worked with Responsive Management on a number of issues and were always thoroughly impressed with their professionalism, concern for and understanding of the needs of the client, and dedication to ensuring that all aspects of their work reflected the highest possible level of scientific integrity.

I strongly recommend Responsive Management… Their work will be of great value to the quality of the survey, the value of the results, and the acceptance of the project by all involved.

Mark Damian Duda is one of the nation’s most respected researchers on natural resource issues.

His work demonstrates the highest standards of professionalism and the volume of work is truly prolific. Responsive Management has become one of the foremost and highly respected survey and research companies in the United States with respect to fisheries, wildlife, natural resources and outdoor recreation… The quality of work directed by Mark Damian Duda has become a benchmark of comparison for others doing similar work in the field.