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"This experiment really puts to bed the idea of a greener hypothesis where ecosystems save us from the implications of human- induced climate change," Field said. Earlier this year, a team of international scien- tists released a study that looked at Earth from 1982 to 2009 and found it was greening, with a quarter to half the planet producing an increase in the growing season. Field said that ear- lier study is about trends the planet has already seen, but doesn't say much about the future. "We were able to use the experimental treatments to produce a 'time ma- chine' allowing us to look at conditions we might en- counter in the second half of the 21st century," Field said. On ground outside Stan- ford's campus, scientists tended 132 different plots of flowers and grass, each with thousands of plants on them. Some of them got 275 extra parts per million of carbon dioxide in addi- tion to what's already in the air, which was about 370 parts per million when the experiment started and is now more than 400. Oth- ers got an additional 3.6 degrees of heat (2 degrees Celsius), or more water, or more nitrogen. Only the extra nitro- gen — a byproduct of die- sel engines and ammonia used as fertilizer — made plants greener. Field, whose study ap- pears Monday in the jour- nal Proceedings of the Na- tional Academy of Sci- ences, theorizes that there's a limit to how much carbon dioxide plants can use. Outside scientists praised the long-running experiment. "This study clearly dem- onstrates that as tempera- tures continue to rise due to climate change, grass- land ecosystems will likely not be able to tolerate the higher temperatures and increased drought stress," Boston University biologist Richard Primack emailed. A limitation of the ex- periment was that it fo- cused on one type of eco- system. Similar research needs to be done in the Arctic tundra, boreal for- ests, tropical forests and other ecosystems, Primack said. It's not just plants that will suffer in a hot- ter world. Biologists have warned that about 20 per- cent of the world's lizard species could go extinct by 2080 if current warm- ing trends continue. In a separate study published in the journal, a team led by Clemson University found that the distribution of shade in a lizard's sur- roundings matters in pre- venting overheating. For two consecutive summers, researchers used the New Mexico desert to study the behavior of spiny lizards by setting up dif- ferent environments with varying amount of shade. Lizards were much better at regulating their body temperature when they had access to many evenly spaced small patches of shade than large swaths of shade far apart, research- ers found. The two studies "high- light how complex the re- sponses of plants and an- imals can be to climate change," said Camille Par- mesan, a climate scientist at Plymouth University, who wasn't part of either study. Climate FROMPAGE1 Vegetable crops in- creased going from $350,000 to $481,000 while nursery products doubled from $9.7 million in 2014 to $18.76 million in 2015. Livestock saw a slight de- crease with the 2014 value at $40.6 million going to $40.01 million in 2015. Livestock products saw a decrease from $18.34 mil- lion to $13.13 million in 2015. The biggest hit was to milk manufacturing which went from a $1.3 million value to $150,000 in 2015. The milk market value went from $16.4 mil- lion to $10.6 million. Apiary products and ser- vices increased from $7.43 million in 2014 to $16.85 million in 2015. Timber was another area of signif- icant decrease with value going from $10.4 million in 2014 to $3.19 million in 2015. The report also included a bit of history in tribute to the Lassen Park centen- nial of the eruption dur- ing which Loren Gehrung gave some facts about the eruption that eventually led a year later to the for- mation of the park. While the "Great Eruption" took place from May 19-22, 1915, there were a total of 298 eruptions recorded be- tween 1914 and 1921. The full report is avail- able online at the Tehama County website: www. co.tehama.ca.us. Decrease FROM PAGE 1 In March, Tehama County Board of Supervi- sors Chairman Bob Wil- liams was authorized to send a letter of support regarding the transfer on behalf of the supervisors. The park was bought with state funding and as such cannot be given over to another entity without state legislation approv- ing it, Chief Administra- tor Bill Goodwin said. The transfer will be done in exchange for the district keeping it open as a pub- lic park during non-school hours. The park was acquired using a land grant, but the district has leased it since 1993, maintaining it and improving it, includ- ing building a track and updating play equipment, with county approval, Goodwin said. The district would like to do other im- provements, but it is diffi- cult to get grants or loans when it does not own the property. Park FROM PAGE 1 By Jim Salter TheAssociatedPress ST. LOUIS Phyllis Schlafly, the outspoken conservative activist who helped defeat the Equal Rights Amend- ment in the 1970s and founded the Eagle Forum political group, has died. She was 92. Schlafly died Monday af- ternoon of cancer at her home in St. Louis, her son John Schlafly said. Schlafly rose to national attention in 1964 with her self-published book, "A Choice Not an Echo," that became a manifesto for the far right. The book, which sold three million copies, chronicled the history of the Republican National Convention and is credited forhelpingconservativeSen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona earn the 1964 GOP nomina- tion. She later helped lead ef- forts to defeat the proposed constitutional amendment that would have outlawed gender discrimination, gal- vanizing the party's right. She'd graduated from col- lege while working over- night at a factory during World War II, her newspa- per column appeared in doz- ens of newspapers and she was politically active into her 90s — including attend- ing every convention since her first in 1952. Yet she told The Associ- ated Press in 2007 that per- haps her greatest legacy was the Eagle Forum, which she founded in 1972 in subur- ban St. Louis, where she lived. The ultraconserva- tive group has chapters in several states and claims 80,000 members. "I've taught literally mil- lions of people how to par- ticipate in self-government," Schlafly said. "I think I've built a wonderful organi- zation of volunteers, mostly women but some men, will- ingtospendtheirtimetoget good laws and good politi- cians." The Eagle Forum pushes for low taxes, a strong mil- itary and English-only edu- cation. The group is against efforts it says are pushed by radical feminists or en- croach on U.S. sovereignty, such as guest-worker visas, according to its website, which describes the Equal Rights Amendment as hav- ing had a "hidden agenda of tax-funded abortions and same-sex marriages." Asmomentumgrewinthe 1970s for the amendment, Schlafly became its most outspoken critic — and was vilifiedbyitssupporters.She had a pie smashed into her face and pig's blood thrown on her, and feminist Betty Friedan once told Schlafly: "I'd like to burn you at the stake." She was chastised in a 1970s "Doonesbury" — a framed copy of which hung on her office wall. "What I am defending is the real rights of women," Schlafly said at the time. "A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother." Thirty-five states ratified the amendment, three short of the necessary 38. Schlafly said amendment support- ers couldn't prove it was needed. "They were never able to show women would get any benefit out of it," she told the AP in 2007. "It (the U.S. Con- stitution) is already sex-neu- tral. Women already have all the rights that men have." Saint Louis Univer- sity history professor Don- ald Critchlow, who pro- filed Schlafly in his 2005 book, "Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade," said thedefeatoftheamendment helped revive conservatism and helped pave the way for Ronald Reagan's election in 1980. "What the ERA (defeat) did was show the right, and especially Reagan strate- gists, that a new constitu- ency could be tapped to re- vitalize the right. It allowed the right to take over the party," Critchlow told the AP shortly after his book was written. OBITUARY Far-right activist, author Phyllis Schlafly dies at 92 SETHPERLMAN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Longtime conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly endorses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before Trump begins speaking at a campaign rally in St. Louis in 2016. By Lindsey Bahr The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Hugh O'Brian, who shot to fame as Sheriff Wyatt Earp in what was hailed as television's firstadultWestern,hasdied. He was 91. A representative from HOBY, a philanthropic or- ganization O'Brian founded, sayshediedathomeMonday morning in Beverly Hills. Until "The Life and Leg- end of Wyatt Earp" debuted in September 1955, most TV Westerns — "The Lone Ranger," "Hopalong Cas- sidy," the singing cowboys' series — were aimed at ad- olescent boys. "WyattEarp,"ontheother hand, was based on a real- life Western hero, and some of its stories were authentic. (The real Earp, who lived from 1848 to 1929, is most famous for his participation in the 1881 "Shootout at the O.K. Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona.) Critics quickly praised it, and it made O'Brian a star. "If we were doing West- erns with the chase and the fights that last endlessly, and the sheriff's daugh- ter in sunbonnet and cal- ico and the Wanted posters ... we wouldn't reach the au- dience we reach each week," O'Brian once said. "Gunsmoke," which de- buted just a few days after "Wyatt Earp," became an even bigger hit, and by 1956- 57, both were in the top 20 shows. In the 1958-59 sea- son, Westerns accounted for anincrediblesevenoutofthe top 10 U.S. television series, including No. 1 "Gunsmoke" and No. 2 "Wagon Train," with "Wyatt Earp" at No. 10. "Wyatt Earp" remained a Top 20 hit until 1960, but it was canceled the following year after being supplanted by the avalanche of other adult Westerns. O'Brian, meanwhile, con- tinued to work frequently in movies, television and theater through the 1990s, although he never again achieved the prominence he enjoyed as Wyatt Earp. He starred in the 1970s detectiveseries"Search"and appearedinsuchfilmsas"In Harm's Way" and "Ten Lit- tleIndians,"andreprisedhis role as Earp in 1994's "Wy- att Earp: Return to Tomb- stone," a film that combined new footage with colorized scenes from the original black-and-white TV show. He also had a small but memorable role as the faro dealer in John Wayne's last film, "The Shootist," and later noted with pride that it gave him the distinction of being the last bad guy killed by Wayne. (Wayne himself is reputed to have met the real Wyatt Earp as a young man in Hollywood in the 1920s.) Late in his career, O'Brian madefrequentguestappear- ancesintelevisionseriesand variety shows and toured in the national companies of "Cactus Flower," "1776" and "Guys and Dolls." O'Brian had originally planned to study law at Yale University. But after actress Ida Lupino saw him ina play at a small Los Angeles the- ater she cast him in "Never Fear," a 1949 film she was directing, and his acting ca- reer was launched. He went on to appear in small parts in such films as "The Return of Jesse James," "Red Ball Express," "Broken Lance" and "There's No Business Like Show Business." O'Brianwasinductedinto the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heri- tage Museum in 1992. He also made his mark in philanthropy as founder of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership organization. In 1959, impressed by the work of Albert Schweitzer, O'Brian made a pilgrimage to the 83-year-old savant's settlement and hospital in central Africa. Although his journey was derided by some critics as a publicity stunt, the actor dismissed the remarks, telling report- ers how his life had been changed by the Nobel Peace Prize winner. OBITUARY TV's Wyatt Earp, Hugh O'Brian, has died at 91 DAVID SMITH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ingrid Bergman, her daughter Pia, and Hugh O'Brian arrive at the Beverly Hilton for dinner in Beverly Hills in 1969. The Associated Press FRESNO An armed dep- uty and an armed correc- tional officer have been stationed in the lobby of the central California jail where an ex-convict opened fire and critically wounded two unarmed officers, a sheriff's spokes- man said Monday. Fresno County Sher- iff Margaret Mims as- signed the armed officers in response to Saturday's shooting of officers Juan- ita Davila, 51, and Toamal- ama Scanlan, 40, spokes- man Tony Botti said. Scanlan remained in critical condition and Da- vila was critical, but sta- ble, he said. Unarmed officers pre- viously guarded the fa- cility and visitors went through metal detectors leading to secure areas. Visiting hours resumed Sunday evening when the Fresno County jail lobby reopened. Thong Vang, 37, is ac- cused of shooting the offi- cers in the head and neck areas during a struggle and has been booked into the same jail where the shootings took place on suspicion of attempted murder, possessing a handgun as a felon and bringing drugs into a jail. He was being held with- out bail because both pa- role and immigration holds were placed on him, jail records showed. Vang was released from prison in 2014 after serv- ing 16 years for raping three girls aged 14 and un- der, Mims said. He had no criminal violations since his release. Botti said he didn't know if Vang had an at- torney who could com- ment on his behalf. FRESNO COUNTY Ar me d o ffi ce rs placed at jail where sh oo ti ng o cc ur re d DAVIDMARKKINNER DECEMBER 18, 1951 ~ AUGUST 28, 2016 David Kinner, 64, died on Sunday August 28, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center in Redding due to complications from a stroke. Dave was the second of 10 children born to Donald Hamilton Kinner and Betty Allen Kinner in Red Bluff, CA. He is survived by his mother, Betty Kinner; his wife of 44 years, Karen Kinner; his son Brooke David Kinner and wife Michelle, and daughter Emily Kinner; and grandchil- dren: Jane Allen Kinner, Adam David Kinner and Rose Michelle Kinner. Dave is also survived by sisters and their spouses: Ka- therine Kinner & Matt Feuer, Donna & Chris Johnson, Anne & Pat Faggard, Mary & Fred Wilen, Peggy & Monte Dawson, and Ally & John Beam; and sisters-in- law, Col- leen Kinner and Darlene Kinner. He was predeceased by his youngest child, Melanie Rose Kinner and brothers: Pete Kinner, Mike Kinner and Tom Kinner and his father, Don Kinner. Dave graduated from Sacred Heart Parish School, and Red Bluff High School in 1970. He attended both Shasta and Butte College where he completed the Journeyman Carpenter Program in 1976 and became the general build- ing contractor and owner of Kinner Construction Compa- ny and Kinner Properties. He and Karen enjoyed traveling to Mexico, Italy, several islands in Indonesia, plus traveling to special events with their grandchildren. David took pride in his work as well as community vol- unteerism, in various organizations: Red Bluff Kiwanis Club, Kelly-Griggs Museum, Tehama County Arts Council, Ide Adobe Interpretative Association and Sacred Heart Church. We are now blessed to know that David will have no more surgery, no more strokes and no more pain. He will forever be an inspiration to others for his work ethic and his commitment to his family and his community. A mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church on Wednesday, September 7th at 11am with a gathering fol- lowing at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall. 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