ranchers in the area fear that contact with free-roaming bison will jeopardize the health of their herds. “as long as we have the disease proliferated in the wildlife, our ranchers will have to undergo heightened surveillance, testing and management procedures, which do cost money, not to mention the sanctions that are put on montana’s cattle by our trading partners,” says errol rice of the montana stockgrowers association.

so far, bison have not transmitted the disease to cattle, but elk, which freely roam outside of yellowstone’s borders, have been known to infect cattle. unlike elk, when bison leave yellowstone, officials attempt to herd them back into the park, and when that fails, they corral them in a capture facility.

mark pearson of the greater yellowstone coalition says, “we’re facing this spring what we’ve feared we would face for the last couple of years, which is a large out-migration of bison from yellowstone, because of the more severe winter we’re having.” during the last migration, in 2008, over 1,400 bison were captured and sent to slaughter.

bison once numbered in the millions in north america, but unregulated hunting and mass slaughter all but eliminated the species. just 25 bison survived in yellowstone in 1901. thanks to restoration efforts, the yellowstone herd today numbers well over 3000. it is the largest free-roaming wild bison herd in the country, but their freedom to roam has a limit.

“in past years, as part of our component of the inter-agency bison management plan, we have captured bison and we have handed them over to other ibmp partners, and they have been taken to slaughter in the past,” explains al nash of yellowstone national park.

recently, montana governor brian schweitzer put a 90-day ban on shipping bison to slaughter. the federal government has also eased pressure on the billion-dollar montana cattle industry by changing regulations regarding brucellosis. ranchers are no longer required to slaughter their entire herd if a few animals are infected, and the whole state doesn’t risk losing it’s disease-free status over the infection of a few animals. with the new rules in place, state and federal officials have agreed to allow these bison to move into tens of thousands of acres outside yellowstone which were previously off-limits to the bison. this allows the bison to roam more freely, while relying on the steep canyon to keep them from roaming too far beyond this area.

molten magma exists all over the world. it has never been used for anything. 3p corp holds the patents for its use and high-speed tunnel pipe (one of its best uses).

objects move through outer space with no resistance. objects move in evacuated inner space with little resistance. magma pipe sections, 16-feet diameter by 50-feet long with pressurized o-ring lap connections and maglev track on ledges carry the independent electric cars. no need to make up or break down trains of cars.

a car can go from san diego to bangor or or seattle to tampa by itself. the cargo transfers itself at the appropriate junctions to go the most economic route. stationary windmills supply the electric power to move the electric cars on the flat and uphill. the motors become generators on the downhill sections. of course the wind doesn’t blow all the time, but when it is strong, water could be pumped into high lakes to run electric generators when there is no wind. in other words: put big wind mills on the peaks and saddles, dig lakes in the peaks and let the wind pump the water into the reservoirs for future electric generation.

the yellowstone area has immeasurable magma. it has been thought for some time that the magma might erupt. vertical steel pipe forms will be erected in lines or clusters, utilizing the natural pressure to fill the molds with possible pump assist. hardened magma pipe will be laid over onto skeleton rail cars for transport to the assembly sites. continuous magma ledges 90 degrees apart support the rails and may be automatically adjusted to keep the cars running smoothly in line. the big plus, of course, is being able to use a very strong material in both compression and tension that is so widely available. there is no point in using expensive metals when magma in compression is available. plenty of testing will be done to obtain the best designed uses. it might be called the magma age as the earth is full of it even as it has never been used.

lou watson
3p corp.