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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.
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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.
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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…
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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
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Keely Covello
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Cold Weather Calving
Bringing life into this world at 40 degrees below zero.
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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…
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Keely Covello
The Truth About Grass-Fed Beef
In the United States, the vast majority of cattle spend nearly their entire lives grazing grass on extensive rangelands.
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A Cowboy in San Francisco: Tim Koopmann Fights for the Value of Grazing in California's Bay Area
"If we had removed grazing from our watershed in San Francisco, it would have had a domino effect on every other major water purveyor in California.”
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Keely Covello
The War on Beef: How Incrementalism Kills Liberty
Shad Sullivan is the private property rights committee chair of R-CALF USA, the nation's largest nonprofit trade association exclusively representing…
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Shad Sullivan
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Cattle Ranching Is the Most Decentralized Sector in U.S. Agriculture. Will It Survive Another 100 Years?
Scapegoat of the jet set crowd, the lone American Cowboy is easy pickings.
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Keely Covello
South Dakota ranching couple indicted by Forest Service for fence in place since 1950
Another ranching family targeted by aggressive government overreach; facing 10 years in prison
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Keely Covello
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How “National Monument” Designations Change the Land: Q&A with Arizona Rancher Casey Murph
Arizona rancher warns new National Monument designation results in "almost complete shutdown of the land, ranchers evicted, roads mechanically…
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Keely Covello
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