Laura K. Snell

County Director and Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor

Cooperative Extension Modoc County
202 West 4th Street
Alturas, CA 96101
(530)233-6400
lksnell@ucanr.edu

http://cemodoc.ucanr.edu

Education

M.S. Agronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 2012

B.S. Water Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 2009

Awards

Pacific Southwest Region and Research Station Honor Award
Presented by USDA, 2021

Specialty

Livestock & Natural Resources

Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

Macon, DK; Snell, LK; Lile, DF (In Press). Protecting Cattle from Predators. Cow-Calf Management guide and cattle producer's library. Western Beef Resource Committee.
Little, Janyne M.; Lile, David F.; Snell, Laura K.; Roche, Leslie M (2023). Rapid User Guide: Post-Fire Grazing on California’s Intermountain Rangelands. UC ANR Communication Services. 8730.
Frey, S. Nicole; Beck, Jeffrey L.; Singletary, Loretta; Snell, Laura K.; Scasta, Derek; Hadfield, Jessie (2023). Western US Residents’ Knowledge of Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Their Management on Federal Public Lands. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 92, 12-23. Sept 22.
Stevens, Nicole O.; DeAtley, Kasey L.; Woodmansee, Grace L.; Snell, Laura K. (2022). Livestock Mortality Composting to Mitigate Livestock Predator Interactions. Proceedings, 30th Vertebrate Pest Conference.D. Woods. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/84p5h3fk
Snell, Laura K (2022). Opportunities for Local Partnerships in Managing Free Roaming Equids (Abstract). Proceedings, 30th Vertebrate Pest Conference.D. Woods. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. December 12. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9h196385
Snell, Laura K (2022). Partnerships Create Success for the Devil's Garden Wild Horses. Human-Wildlife Interactions.N. Frey. 16:2, 14. Fall.
Frey, S. Nicole; Scasta, J. Derek; Beck, Jeffrey L.; Singletary, Loretta; Snell, Laura K. (2022). Public Knowledge of Free-Roaming Horses in the United States. Proceedings, 30th Vertebrate Pest Conference.D. Woods. UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. December 20. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5d03p3hw
Snell, L. K, & Baldwin, R. A. (2020). Current Trends and Management of Wild Horses on the Devil’s Garden Plateau. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 29. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/073803nf
Macon, DK; Lile, DF; Koopmann Rivers, C; Schohr, T; Snell, LK; Harper, J; Ingram, R; Rodrigues, K; Baldwin, RA; Saitone, T; Macaulay, L; Roche, L (2019). Direct and indirect impacts to ranchers from wolves and other predators: Building a baseline in California. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference.D. Woods. 29, 74-76.
Baldwin, R.A.; Halbritter, H.; Meinerz, R.; Snell, L.K.; Orloff, S.B. (2019). Efficacy and nontarget impact of zinc phosphide-coated cabbage as a ground squirrel management tool. Pest Management Science. 75, 1847-1854. January 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.5333
Snell, Laura K. (2019). Monument Plant (Frasera speciosa). Grasslands.W. Brim-DeForest. California Native Grasslands Association. 29:4, 10-11.
Macon, D.K; Baldwin, R.A.; Lile, D.F.; Stackhouse, J.; Rivers, C.K.; Saitone, T.; Schohr, T.K.; Snell, L.K.; Harper, J.; Ingram, R.; Rodrigues, K.; Macaulay, L.; Roche, L.M. (2018). Livestock protection tools for California ranchers. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 8598. January.
Baldwin, R. A.; Halbritter, H.; Meinerz, R.; Snell, L. K.; Abbo, B. G; Goldade, D. A; Orloff, S. B. (2018). Zinc phosphide-coated cabbage for managing Belding’s ground squirrels. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference.D. Woods. Davis, CA. 28. https://doi.org/10.5070/V42811030
Oles, Kristin M.; Weixelman, Dave A.; Lile, David F.; Tate, Kenneth W.; Snell, Laura K.; Roche, Leslie M. (2017). Riparian Meadow Response to Modern Conservation Grazing Management. Environmental Management. 60, 383-395. June 2.
Snell, L. K.; Guretzky, J. A.; Jin, V. L.; Drijber, R. A.; Mamo, M. (2017). Ruminant Urine Increases Uptake but Decreases Relative Recovery of Nitrogen by Smooth Bromegrass. Crop, Forage, and Turfgrass Management. 3:1. February 23.

ANR Workgroup Associations

Wildlife - Chair
Agriculture and Nature Tourism - Member
Alfalfa and Forage Systems - Member
Beef Safety and Quality Assurance - Member
Livestock Production Systems - Member
Sheep and Goat Herd Health and Production - Member

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