Email: sheri.spiegal@usda.gov
Phone: 575 646 7018
USDA-ARS-Jornada Experimental Range
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER, NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88003
- Range Management Specialist
Primary Research Interests:
Dr. Spiegal is working to compare the outcomes of agricultural production systems, to understand how they promote or detract from the sustainable intensification of US agriculture. Connections among the distant links of the US beef supply chain are a primary focus, from ranching in the Southwest to beef cattle finishing on grains and grass in the Southern Plains and Northern Plains, to marketing strategies in all locations. With an eye toward recycling as a basic component of sustainability, she is also investigating viable strategies for recycling manure nutrients from confined livestock operations in the lands surrounding the operations - to meet environmental, production, and human wellbeing goals of animal and crop producers alike.
Professional Experience:
- 2015-2019 - Post-doctoral Research Animal Scientist, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM
- Spring 2015 - Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- 2008-2015 - Graduate Student Researcher, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- 2009-2010 - Student Trainee, USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service, Petaluma, CA
- 2000-2008 - Fundraiser, National Audubon Society, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Emeryville, CA
Education:
2015 | Ph.D. | University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management |
2010 | M.S. | University of California, Berkeley, Range Management |
2000 | B.A. | Connecticut College, Environmental Studies |
Synergistic Activities:
- Co-Project Director, Sustainable Southwest Beef Coordinated Agricultural Project
- Co-Lead, LTAR Manureshed Project
- Lead, LTAR Indicators Working Group
- Past Chair, Rangeland Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America
- California Certified Associate Rangeland Manager, California-Pacific Section, Society for Range Management and California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection