Home on the Rangeland

The Californian Rangeland Trust, founded in 1998, hosted the public premiere of its 49-minute documentary You Just Can’t See Them from the Road – directed by Keely Brazil Covello and Michaela Brazil Gillies, daughters of ranch veterinarians in a remote area of northern California.

More than 200 people clad in Stetsons and cowboy boots poured into the historic Lobero to watch the efforts by longtime ranching families to maintain their homes and landholdings in difficult times.

The U.S. loses 2,000 acres of farm and ranch land every day and by 2040 it’s expected 797,400 acres will have been lost.

Since its inception, the trust has helped 87 ranching dynasties conserve 401,166.4 acres of pristine privately owned ranch land.

Former Journal bridle correspondent Lynn Kirst emceed the event and was co-sponsor with Keith Moore among others.