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Ranchers applaud USDA fight against New World Screwworm, debate future trade with Mexico
As the cattle industry praises a major rollout of actions on NWS, insiders are split over when cattle trade with Mexico should resume.
Sep 4
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Keely Covello
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins reacts to UNWON report on Potter Valley dam removals: "I'm on it."
“This was just flagged for me,” Rollins posted on her X account. “INSANE. I’m on it.”
Sep 2
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Keely Covello
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Thrown to the wolves: California ranchers under siege
Wes Woolery reported the first modern wolf kill in California. He and his fellow ranchers have a warning for the American West.
Aug 25
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Keely Covello
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BREAKING: Feds intervene in Potter Valley water war
The decision comes weeks after PG&E slashed Potter Valley water flows, blindsiding farmers and residents.
Aug 22
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Keely Covello
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Potter Valley Tribe claims exclusion from dam removal discussions
The Potter Valley Tribe of Pomo people has filed a motion to intervene in dam removal proceedings.
Aug 21
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Keely Covello
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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
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Keely Covello
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Ag Secretary Rollins announces charges against South Dakota ranchers DROPPED
Apr 29
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Keely Covello
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Mother of the South Dakota rancher facing prison over pre-1950 fence calls on Trump for help
Mar 28
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Keely Covello
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Film
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NATIONAL AG DAY: Trailer for "You Just Can't See Them From the Road"
Watch now (3 mins) | Coming soon: "You Just Can't See Them From the Road" is a film about the vanishing ranches of the American West, by Keely Brazil…
Mar 18
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Hippies & Cowboys: The Murder of Mendocino County Rancher Dick Drewry
When 85 year-old rancher Richard Drewry was killed, I went home to shoot a documentary about his case and the changes in †my town. Nothing could have…
Nov 23, 2024
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Keely Covello
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Premiere on Capitol Hill
Thoughts on our recent documentary short, its premiere on Capitol Hill, my return to D.C. as an independent journalist, the state of journalism, and the…
Nov 21, 2024
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Keely Covello
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WATCH NOW: High Country Murder
Where ranchers share the mountains with cartels, in a town known for secrets, two sisters return home to the ranch to try and solve the murder of an…
Nov 20, 2024
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"You Just Can't See Them From the Road" (2023)
Coming to your screen soon…
Sep 3, 2024
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Ranching
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For 50 years, this rancher followed labor law. As big ag lobbies for amnesty, he is about to lose his legal crew.
Nevada rancher Hank Vogler says bureaucrats have made the H-2A farmworker program a "living hell."
Jul 11
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Keely Covello
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Washington ranch family facing $267,000 fine, terminated grazing leases, and possible criminal charges
The King family is accused of damaging "wetlands" because of Google Earth photos officials claim show the area was dredged.
May 21
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Keely Covello
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Mother of the South Dakota rancher facing prison over pre-1950 fence calls on Trump for help
Charles and Heather Maude each face 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines over an inherited fence built before 1950.
Mar 28
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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
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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
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Keely Covello
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“This shuts us down:" Potter Valley ranchers say PG&E cut water without warning amid dam removal fight
Residents blame dam politics for depletion of Lake Pillsbury before harvest, with fire season looming.
Aug 9
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Keely Covello
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Trump's EPA moving to end federal regulation of greenhouse gases
Administor Lee Zeldin just proposed one of the biggest deregulatory moves in U.S. history.
Aug 5
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Keely Covello
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Rollins announces plan to decentralize and streamline USDA
Over half the department's D.C.-based staff will be moved to five regional hubs "closer to constituents."
Jul 31
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Keely Covello
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Proposed Oregon rules could restrict agritourism
The clash reveals competing visions for the future of farming and farmland in Oregon.
Jul 28
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Keely Covello
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“Pandora’s box”: Federal interest in NJ farm case exposes high stakes for American farmland
Agriculture Secretary Rollins, local advocates say seizing 175-year-old Henry farm for affordable housing could trigger a nationwide trend.
Jul 24
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Keely Covello
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For 50 years, this rancher followed labor law. As big ag lobbies for amnesty, he is about to lose his legal crew.
Nevada rancher Hank Vogler says bureaucrats have made the H-2A farmworker program a "living hell."
Jul 11
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Keely Covello
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Trump admin announces agriculture security plan including crackdown on Chinese farmland ownership; Rollins says no amnesty for illegal…
"We are taking our farmland back."
Jul 9
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Keely Covello
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EXPLOSIVE: Newly-revealed 2023 seismic reports show Potter Valley dams "safe for continued use"
This after pro-dam removal politicians such as Congressman Jared Huffman have for years characterized the Potter Valley Project as dangerous and…
Jul 2
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Keely Covello
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Lawman of the Emerald: Sheriff Matt Kendall on Cartels, Weed, and Water Wars
Matt Kendall is a sheriff in the heart of California's cannabis country, the epicenter of black market marijuana production, dominated by transnational…
Jun 23
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Keely Covello
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Trump stops Snake River dam removals, says Biden plan elevated fish over citizens
Farmers and rural communities in the Pacific Northwest are celebrating the move as a win for citizen interests.
Jun 19
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Keely Covello
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New Jersey farm to be seized by state for affordable housing
“My family sacrificed on this land for 175 years. All the other farms disappeared. We did not. We will not.”
Jun 18
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Keely Covello
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Dam DISASTER with Theodora Johnson: Water, Wolves, and Ranching on the Klamath River
Theodora Johnson is a rancher and a journalist in Siskiyou County, California.
Jun 7
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Keely Covello
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Theodora Johnson
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UNWON News
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LONESOME LANDS: Gavin Newsom's Plan to Remove Dams and Destroy Communities
Jim Mundorf and Keely Covello talk about the dams Gavin Newsom is allowing PG&E to destroy on Northern California's Eel River.
Apr 4
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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
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BREAKING POINTS: Keely Covello on the Potter Valley Project
James Li of "Beyond the Headlines" had Covello on to discuss the dam removals scheduled for Northern California.
Feb 23
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6 RANCH PODCAST: Hardcore Investigative Journalism with Keely Covello
James Nash is the host of the 6 Ranch Podcast.
Feb 3
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PRO AG PODCAST: Among Outlaws on America's Lands with Keely Covello, with Bonus Special Episode Reading "Hippies & Cowboys"
Host ag journalist Rachel Gabel discussed with Covello what is happening on public lands where cartels and black market cannabis operations have an…
Jan 24
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Politics
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“This shuts us down:" Potter Valley ranchers say PG&E cut water without warning amid dam removal fight
Residents blame dam politics for depletion of Lake Pillsbury before harvest, with fire season looming.
Aug 9
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Keely Covello
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Rollins announces plan to decentralize and streamline USDA
Over half the department's D.C.-based staff will be moved to five regional hubs "closer to constituents."
Jul 31
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Keely Covello
26
5
Proposed Oregon rules could restrict agritourism
The clash reveals competing visions for the future of farming and farmland in Oregon.
Jul 28
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Keely Covello
18
8
Trump admin announces agriculture security plan including crackdown on Chinese farmland ownership; Rollins says no amnesty for illegal…
"We are taking our farmland back."
Jul 9
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Keely Covello
21
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Lawmakers and Trump officials gather in D.C. to show support as federal government drops charges against Maude family
“Just imagine a government that would be willing to de facto orphan American children over a mere dispute of 25 acres of land,” said Secretary Brooke…
Apr 30
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Keely Covello
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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
2,030
277
Why Los Angeles Is Burning
Jan 9
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Keely Covello
650
161
Ag Secretary Rollins announces charges against South Dakota ranchers DROPPED
Apr 29
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Keely Covello
287
52
Mother of the South Dakota rancher facing prison over pre-1950 fence calls on Trump for help
Mar 28
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Keely Covello
101
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BEFORE POINT REYES: In 1997, the Park Service Sent a Blackhawk to Raid the Last Holdout Ranch on Santa Cruz Island
Feb 8
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Keely Covello
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AMERICANS LAST: The environmental lawsuits and government water cuts that led to planned Potter Valley dam removals
The real story of backroom deals, bureaucratic red tape, and NGO muscle set to disenfranchise 600,000 water users in California's North Coast.
May 16
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Keely Covello
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Destroying the Potter Valley Project Won't Save the Salmon: 8 Truths About What Happened to the Eel River
Save the salmon? 8 truths about the downfall of fisheries in the Eel River.
Feb 18
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Steven Elliott
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President Trump: The American West Needs Your Attention
As Trump takes office again, a look ahead at our generation's fight for the unwon American West.
Jan 21
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Keely Covello
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Why We Need Independent Journalists from Rural, Ranching America
I started UNWON to shine a light on the people who build, feed, clothe, and defend a nation; the ones you can't see from the road.
Jan 3
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Keely Covello
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