- Land acquisition: Providing ecosystem services
- By Kevin Elliott
- More than 192 million acres of public land are managed as national forests and grasslands. The protection of these lands and resources is a fundamental Forest Service responsibility.Through direct land management practices the land acquisition progra... Full story
- SCICON, downstream neighbors & water crisis
- By Kristi McCracken
- The biannual SCICON open house was held Sunday for fifth- and sixth-grade students and their families who came out to tour and enjoy the beauty of the outdoor campus. Staff was on hand to lead tours and answer questions. The facilities, including the... Full story
- Ag prepares for labor pains
- Ag at Large
- By Don Curlee
- Inside California agriculture they’re preparing for a new onslaught by organized labor. Instead of one union, several may be involved. The impetus for unions to take a fresh look at farm workers comes from bill SB-126 passed by the 2011 legisla... Full story
- Me-ology
- By Paul Leavens
- Most of the cultural ills that afflict us today could be cured by better theology and less “me-ology.”Me-ology puts self first and squeezes God in if any room remains.Me-ology needs no holy book to define its rules, no sacred script... Full story
- Measure R: A look back five years
- By David Harrald
- Measure R is the Miracle Measure, the initiative that brought statewide attention to Tulare County.The concept was developed, the campaign launched and the funds raised in a blindly fast period of time, and the voters of Tulare County hit and surpass... Full story
- The offer of a gift
- By Judy Lowery
- “So, would you like a new bike for Christmas?” asked my husband, Al.“Hmm, a new bike? I really don’t need one, do I?”He was patient while I took several days to mull it over. I already had a bike, for one thing, a 20 yea... Full story
- What’s a mother to do?
- By Andrea Sharp
- Recently I read an article about a young mom in Oklahoma. She had just lost her husband to cancer. She was now a widow caring for a newborn. One day two robbers looking for drugs attempted to break into the woman’s home. ... Full story

- Get ready for spring
- By Amy Witt
- With spring approaching, as well as Valentine’s Day it’s time we prepare ourselves to dress effortlessly with the hottest new fashions and walk the streets like our own runways.Pastels, polka dots, florals, color blocks, red lips, and ele... Full story
- Building a bridge to the 19th century...
- The Wild West
- By Montie Montana Jr.
- Cowboys & Indians: For four days, the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo had two very interested spectators in Montana team ropers Ty St. Goddard and Ryle Whitford. They were front and center again during the Jan. 22 final round as they watc... Full story
- News is what drives us
- By Rick Elkins
- When I was editor of The Recorder in the early 1990s, Sherry Perry, a teacher at Porterville High, would have me come in to speak to her class on the movie, “Absence of Malice”.Now, “Absence of Malice” was not one of my favori... Full story