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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…
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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.
 • Keely Covello
POINT REYES RANCHER TAKES ON HUFFMAN: Nicolette Niman Is Running to Represent the People Jared Huffman Forgot
She's a cattle rancher and an environmental attorney running to represent ground zero of the American urban-rural divide: California's District 2.
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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…
 • Keely Covello
A Tale of Tule Elk: What California's Elk Reveal About Dirty Politics and Greenwashed Agendas
Point Reyes and Lake Pillsbury show that California doesn't love wildlife nearly as much as it hates rural Americans.
 • Keely Covello
Nature Conservancy secured $10 million grant before finalizing Point Reyes ranch takeover; ranchers kept in the dark
Ranchers pushed out, NGO paid out.
 • Keely Covello
Last rancher on Point Reyes peninsula joins lawsuit against the Park Service
David Evans just joined the Niman lawsuit against the Park Service. He was never part of mediation talks and is not under a gag order. In a lengthy…
 • Keely Covello
Congressman takes the fight for rural California to D.C.
Doug LaMalfa is taking the fight for California's rural issues, from water mismanagement to ranch closures, all the way to Washington.
 • Keely Covello
BREAKING: House Republicans Launch Investigation Into Point Reyes Ranch Closures
The House Committee on Natural Resources will be investigating The Nature Conservancy and other environmental groups involved in 12 ranchers' exit from…
 • Keely Covello
Ecologist Proves Grazing on Point Reyes Is Crucial to Biodiversity & Native Plants
And Nate Chisholm has the data to prove it. In six years, his grazing operations saw a 101% increase in plant biodiversity, and a 61% increase in native…
 • Keely Covello
Grazing with Nate Chisholm: From Kenya to Point Reyes
"National Parks are to nourish the human spirit and conserve biodiversity. [Removing the Point Reyes ranchers] moved us farther away from the Parks…
 • Keely Covello
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Is There a Conspiracy Against Ranching in the Federal Government?
For many American producers, the eviction of 12 ranching families on Point Reyes is just the latest chapter in a long march to erasure.
 • Keely Covello
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