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BySethBorenstein and Alicia Chang TheAssociatedPress LOS ANGELES Inthecourseofa 17-year experiment on more than 1 millionplants,scientistsputfuture globalwarmingtoarealworld test — growing California flowers and grasslands with extra heat, carbon dioxide and nitrogen to mimic a not-so-distant, hotter future. The results, simulating a post- 2050 world, aren't pretty. And they contradictthosewhoinsistthatbe- cause plants like carbon dioxide — themainheat-trappinggasspewed by the burning of fossil fuels — cli- mate change isn't so bad, and will result in a greener Earth. At least in the California eco- system, the plants that received extra carbon dioxide, as well as those that got extra warmth, didn't grow more or get greener. They also didn't remove the pol- lution and store more of it in the soil, said study author Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods In- stitute for the Environment. Plant growth tended to decline with ris- ing temperatures. SC IE NC E Fu tu re c li ma te change field test doesn't make Earth greener By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Tehama County Counsel Arthur Wylene an- nounced Aug. 30 the county had been notified of the passage of SB1027 regarding Nolan Park in Cottonwood. The bill, which State Sen. Jim Nielsen worked on, will allow Tehama County to transfer the park, which sits between Ever- green Elementary and Middle schools property, to the district provided it meet all conditions, including entering into an agree- ment with the California Depart- ment of Parks and Recreation. "SB1027 was signed by the gov- ernor (Aug. 29) and authorizes the county to work with Ever- green," Wylene said. "A lot of good work was done with a lot of people." COTTONWOOD Legislation passed for school district transfer of park By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDBLUFF Tehama County Agri- cultural Commissioner Rick Gur- rola gave an informational crop re- port at the Aug. 23 Board of Super- visorsmeetingwhenheannounced the county's agricultural produc- tion total value has decreased 15.6 percent between 2014 and 2015. The gross value was about $59,330,000 lower than 2014 his- toric values, Gurrola said. Walnuts continue to lead the way as the top crop for the county, however, with a 51.6 per- cent decline, valued at an $87.3 million drop, they are also the primary contributor to the over- all crop value decrease, Gurrola said. Almonds, the number two crop, also took a decrease, drop- ping 4.5 percent or about $2 mil- lion, due in part to a slight pro- duction decrease. Prunes were the only crop in the top three to see an increase with a 115.8 percent increase, worth about $21.1 million. This increase wasduetoproductionincreasesre- turning to historical averages. Several noteworthy increases in crop values included a 91.1 percent increase in 2015 in nurs- ery products, a 37.8 increase in field crops and a 126.7 percent increase in apiary products and services. Commodities experienc- ing significant value decreases in- cluded table olives, which saw a 35.7 percent decrease, milk which dropped 39.4 percent and seed crops, which decreased 88.6 per- cent. Table olive values went from $30 million down to $19.36 mil- lion, milk dropped from $16.4 million to $10.6 million and seed crops jumped from $1.5 million to $175,000. While table olives dropped, ol- ive oil increased from $6.3 mil- lion to $8.5 million in the fruit crop category. Prunes were by far the biggest leap going from a value of $18.25 million up to $39.38 million. Walnuts dropped from $169.3 million to $81 mil- lion while almonds went from $48 million to $46 million. Pistachios saw a slight upward tick going from $825,000 up to $866,000. Grapes increased from $613,000 to $706,000 while the miscella- neous category saw a jump from $6.3 million up to $9.3 million. In Field Crops, corn saw a large decrease from $711,000 down to $200,000 while corn silage saw an increase from $842,00 to $1.87 million. Wheat, alfalfa, hay and grain hay oats all increased. Wheat went from $1.38 million to $2.2 million, alfalfa went from $1.86 million to $2.9 million and grain hay oats went from $813,000 to $1.26 million. Hay went from $1.1 to $1.4 million. Pasture rangeland for irrigated pasture went down slightly from $3.9 million to $3.7 million while range acres stayed pretty steady going from $9.22 to $9.2 million. TEHAMA COUNTY 15percentdecreaseinagproductionvaluefor2015 By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF For more than a century the workforce that is the backbone of the country has been celebrated on the first Monday in September, a tradi- tion that goes back to 1885 that was adopted nationwide in 1894. In Red Bluff, many families enjoyed the area near the river- banks at River Park, where some had boats and others walked next to or waded in the Sacra- mento River. At the Red Bluff Recreation Area entrance, a sign declared the campground, which hosted a mixture of tents and trailers, to be full. There were people on bicycles and pedestrians walk- ing the trails and some people using the Sycamore Grove boat ramp to put boats onto the Sac- ramento River. Red Bluff resident Terri Papin said she was out enjoying the beautiful weather on a bicycle ride while a friend checked out areas along the river looking for a good fishing spot. "To me, Labor Day is a day of vacation to relax and have fun while enjoying the beautiful weather," Papin said. William Wheeler or Red Bluff is originally from Van Nuys and was spending his Saturday look- ing for good places to fish. While it is a day to enjoy the beauty of the area and relax it is so much more, he said. "I have two uncles who were World War veterans," Wheeler said. "Their sacrifices are unbe- lievable. It's also why we get to have the freedom to enjoy La- bor Day." Dave Linnet of Corning is re- tired, but it is still a day of work for him as he is a volunteer with Corning Volunteer Fire Depart- ment. While most workers get to take a day off, first respond- ers such as firefighters and po- lice officers still have to work. Betty Morales of Los Molinos said her family usually goes to the mountains, camps out and scouts for deer and a place to set up hunting camp with deer sea- son just a few weeks away. "For me, it's a day to cele- brate unions because they are the ones who sets the wages across the country and protect the workers from being treated unfairly," said Corning resident Toni Parkins. Parkins usually works Labor Day, but because of the unions gets to make double time while doing it, she said. Jennifer Guarino of Red Bluff also works on Labor Day. For her, it means extra traffic in the stores since the majority of peo- ple are off work and a great op- portunity to increase sales. Labor Day was first rec- ognized by the government through municipal ordinances passed between 1885 and 1886, according to the US Depart- ment of Labor website. While New York introduced the first legislation regarding the recog- nition of a holiday, it was Ore- gon that first made it law with the passage of legislation on Feb. 21, 1887. Multiple states passed legis- lation with 23 having adopted the holiday to honor workers by 1894, which was the year Con- gress passed an act making it a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories. HOLIDAY RESIDENTS CELEBRATE LABOR DAY WEEKEND ENJOYING NATURE PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS A man talks with Tehama County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Smith while his friends put the boat out Saturday at the Sycamore Grove Boat Ramp near the Red Bluff Diversion Dam. A group of men take a boat out on the Sacramento River on Saturday at the Sycamore Grove Boat Ramp near the Red Bluff Diversion Dam. Community.....A3 Business .........A4 Lifestyles........A5 Sports.............. 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