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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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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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UNWON 2025: Year in Review
Thank you for being part of my first full year on Substack.
Jan 7
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Keely Covello
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THE FREEMAN: Thanksgiving & the State of the Harvest
Keely Covello writes for “The Freeman” on America’s agricultural holiday and the land.
Nov 28, 2025
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Family calls for justice in unsolved murder of Humboldt County rancher; names suspected killer
Dick Drewry's murder was the subject of "High Country Murder," a 2024 short documentary from UNWON.
May 30, 2025
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Keely Covello
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A Theology of Tending Animals
On the ancient spiritual discipline of managing livestock.
Apr 17, 2025
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Keely Covello
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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, 2025
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The Monster in Melides
Every small town sees the shadow, from Portugal to California.
Feb 20, 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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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, 2025
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Keely Covello
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PRESS DEMOCRAT: Did 2 North Coast sisters just crack a 4-year-old murder case in their new documentary?
Journalist Phil Barber of The Press Democrat features "High Country Murder," the new investigative documentary short directed by Keely Brazil Covello…
Jan 6, 2025
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