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Wendell Berry’s Baptist naturalism: The Poet-Farmer of Kentucky debates environmentalist Edward Abbey
Berry, a farmer, essayist, cultural critic, agrarian, activist, and poet, died yesterday. He was 92.
Sep 1
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Keely Covello
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Trump wants to break the beef industry bottleneck
Breaking down Friday's announcement: the law, the numbers, and the fight inside the industry.
Aug 29
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Keely Covello
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Debate over Roadless Rule exposes clash in visions for public land
Should Americans have more access to public land? Or is the land better off without us?
Aug 28
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Keely Covello
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Ranch Beat: This week in cattle country, the lactating steer panic and Trump's 300,000 ton beef deal
It was quite a week.
Aug 25
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Farmer in the House: Congressman James Gallagher on Prop 50, Wolves, and Saving Potter Valley
A sixth-generation farmer on who gets a voice in California.
Aug 22
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South Dakota ranching couple indicted by Forest Service for fence in place since 1950
Sep 14, 2024
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Keely Covello
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Why Los Angeles Is Burning
Jan 9, 2025
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Keely Covello
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Ag Secretary Rollins announces charges against South Dakota ranchers DROPPED
Apr 29, 2025
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Mother of the South Dakota rancher facing prison over pre-1950 fence calls on Trump for help
Mar 28, 2025
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John Rich speaks out against Potter Valley dam removals: "This might be the biggest land situation going on right now in America."
The country music star has been named Special Envoy for American Landowners by President Trump.
Aug 14
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Keely Covello
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Raw Milk Revolution: Kevin Muno Just Opened the First Dairy in Southern California in 30 Years
Raw vs. pasteurized, grain vs. grass, and what MAHA influencers get wrong, with Kevin Muno of Perennial Pastures.
Aug 14
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Warden: Lt. John Nores on Fighting the Secret Cartel War in America’s Woods
From poisoned watersheds and stolen water to murdered ranchers and trafficked workers, retired game warden Lt. John Nores has spent decades on the…
Aug 6
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Farmers say Texas FFA is pushing faith out of the organization
Two Christian groups were banned from the Texas FFA convention. That's just the latest example in a trend that starts at the top, advocates say.
Aug 3
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Keely Covello
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Trump wants to break the beef industry bottleneck
Breaking down Friday's announcement: the law, the numbers, and the fight inside the industry.
Aug 29
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Keely Covello
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John Rich speaks out against Potter Valley dam removals: "This might be the biggest land situation going on right now in America."
The country music star has been named Special Envoy for American Landowners by President Trump.
Aug 14
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Keely Covello
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Point Reyes fallout: Schools shrinking, farmers market dying, "we're losing our community"
All but two of the ranching families bought out by The Nature Conservancy have now left Point Reyes National Seashore.
Jul 22
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Keely Covello
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Ranch Beat: Why Trump's Endangered Species Act change could transform ranching, logging, and energy
The Endangered Species Act just got its biggest regulatory reform in decades.
Jul 14
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Keely Covello
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"Pay-to-play": How a nonprofit run by county officials recruited Big Wind & Solar to Arizona ranch country
Did a European energy company just happen to find Casey Murph? Or were they invited?
Jun 6
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Keely Covello
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John Rich speaks out against Potter Valley dam removals: "This might be the biggest land situation going on right now in America."
The country music star has been named Special Envoy for American Landowners by President Trump.
Aug 14
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Keely Covello
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Rollins, Burgum convene meeting between PG&E and potential Potter Valley dam buyers
“Our hope is clear,” Brooke Rollins said of the meeting in D.C. “Keep the Scott and Cape Horn Dams in place and working for the communities they serve.”
Jun 15
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Keely Covello
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Secretary Rollins Fires Back at Huffman's Investigation Into Potter Valley Dams
The USDA chief is not backing down: She says the federal government has a stake in keeping Potter Valley's water infrastructure alive, and PG&E must…
May 30
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Keely Covello
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OPINION: Hostile letter targeting dam buyer and local activists fails miserably as Potter Valley shows up in protest
Over 100 people attended a Potter Valley water meeting last week to oppose a demand letter that targeted several local water advocates (including me).
May 5
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Keely Covello
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Congressman Jared Huffman launches "investigation" into efforts to save Potter Valley dams
Rep. Jared Huffman threatens the community fighting for their water they should "come clean" now, before his party retakes the House.
May 1
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Keely Covello
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Rollins Just Ordered Major Reforms to How the Forest Service Treats Ranchers, a Year After the Maude Case
"Ranchers are the solution, not the problem," the Ag Secretary said.
Jun 12
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Keely Covello
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Ranchers gather in D.C. as USDA goes on offense against agricultural lawfare
Secretary Rollins is positioning the USDA as a defender of small farms and ranches.
Feb 13
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Keely Covello
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Maude Update: Heather Maude on How Bureaucracy is Killing Ranching
Checking in with Heather Maude six months after the press conference in D.C. where charges against her family were dropped.
Nov 14, 2025
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Keely Covello
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EXCLUSIVE: Heather Maude on where her case stands, her experience with USDA, and why it's not over yet
Six months after the press conference in D.C., Heather fills us in on what's happened since and answers your questions.
Oct 29, 2025
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Keely Covello
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Heather Maude: Fighting for the American Dream
Heather Maude is finally free to speak about her case and what the federal government put her family through.
May 23, 2025
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Keely Covello
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Fire & Forests
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Debate over Roadless Rule exposes clash in visions for public land
Should Americans have more access to public land? Or is the land better off without us?
Aug 28
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Keely Covello
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A National Park, Once a California Ranch, Is On Fire
“It was taken to be preserved, yet today I watch it burn,” says Nita Vail. Her family was forced off Santa Rosa Island by the Park Service in 2011…
May 19
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Keely Covello
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ALERT: Nevada rancher featured in 2025 UNWON lawfare report facing federal arson charges
Henry "Hank" Vogler faces up to 10 years in prison. He has a history of conflict with the BLM and the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA).
Mar 25
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Keely Covello
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Early Accounts of Native American Fire Practices in California
Fire as medicine in California and across the American West.
Jan 16, 2025
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Keely Covello
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Why Los Angeles Is Burning
Rural California tried to warn you.
Jan 9, 2025
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Keely Covello
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Rominger Brothers Farms: Balancing crops and rangeland
“We can’t keep putting land into production forever. Eventually, there will be no wild lands left.”
Jan 21
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Keely Covello
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Jack Varian of V6 Ranch: The Hippie Rancher
“The more radical people in the cities are, the more selfish and single-minded they are. How do you change that mindset? You bring them. Bring them out…
Mar 25, 2025
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Keely Covello
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The Land Is Her Legacy: Sagehorn-Russell Ranch in Northern California
"Never sell the bones of your mother and father." Chief Joseph
Feb 24, 2025
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Keely Covello
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Cold Weather Calving
Bringing life into this world at 40 degrees below zero.
Feb 10, 2025
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Keely Covello
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Giving Ranchers Their Fair Share: Daniel Sinton on Saving a Meat Processing Plant
Sinton & Sons is a USDA butcher and processor providing locally-sourced meat and provisions to customers all over California. A fifth-gen rancher…
Dec 18, 2024
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Keely Covello
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Hippies & Cowboys: The Murder of Mendocino County Rancher Dick Drewry
When 85 year-old rancher Richard Drewry was killed, I shot an investigative documentary about his case and the changes in my hometown. Nothing could…
Nov 23, 2024
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Keely Covello
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Wendell Berry’s Baptist naturalism: The Poet-Farmer of Kentucky debates environmentalist Edward Abbey
Berry, a farmer, essayist, cultural critic, agrarian, activist, and poet, died yesterday. He was 92.
Sep 1
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Keely Covello
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There Will Never Be Another Gus McCrae
“The English have Shakespeare, the French have Molière, the Russians have Chekhov, the Argentines have Borges, but the Western is ours.”
Feb 20
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Keely Covello
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FILM: Why Audubon partners with ranchers to protect grassland birds
In 2021 I directed a short film on the historic conservation group’s ranching partnership program.
Jan 9
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Keely Covello
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Cowboy Boots in the Rose Garden
Behind the scenes at the White House dinner for farmers & ranchers, the USDA "big beautiful breakfast," and more as America kicks off its 250th birthday…
Jul 1
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Keely Covello
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Ranch Beat: This week in cattle country, the lactating steer panic and Trump's 300,000 ton beef deal
It was quite a week.
Aug 25
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Farmer in the House: Congressman James Gallagher on Prop 50, Wolves, and Saving Potter Valley
A sixth-generation farmer on who gets a voice in California.
Aug 22
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Raw Milk Revolution: Kevin Muno Just Opened the First Dairy in Southern California in 30 Years
Raw vs. pasteurized, grain vs. grass, and what MAHA influencers get wrong, with Kevin Muno of Perennial Pastures.
Aug 14
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Warden: Lt. John Nores on Fighting the Secret Cartel War in America’s Woods
From poisoned watersheds and stolen water to murdered ranchers and trafficked workers, retired game warden Lt. John Nores has spent decades on the…
Aug 6
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The Read: What Happened to the Point Reyes Ranchers?
A retrospective on the removal of the ranching families from Point Reyes National Seashore. The story, based on over a year and a half of coverage, told…
Jul 29
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YANASA TV: RANCHER MURDERED OVER WATER?! The Things The Media Doesn't Tell You...
Charlie Rankin of Yanasa TV hosts Keely Covello, editor of UNWON, to discuss untold rural stories and her investigative documentary short "High Country…
Apr 13
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LIKE IT OR NOT PODCAST: Potter Valley with America UNWON Founder Keely Covello
Ep. 226 w/ Keely Covello
Apr 6
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STINCHFIELD TONIGHT: Feds step into Potter Valley dam dispute
Grant Stinchfield hosts Keely Covello to discuss updates on the latest California water war.
Jan 12
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Ranchers hopeful as Trump announces DOJ investigation into meatpackers
Four companies control 85% of the U.S. meatpacking industry. Two are foreign-owned.
Nov 11, 2025
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Keely Covello
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LIKE IT OR NOT PODCAST: Potter Valley Dam Removal
Episode #200 - Potter Valley Dam Removal feat. Keely Covello
Sep 30, 2025
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CALIFORNIA UNDERGROUND: Point Reyes, Potter Valley Project, Black Market Cannabis, and California Ranching
Ep. 302: Keely Covello of America Unwon
Mar 6, 2025
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