It’s more complicated than it sounds.
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Such is the case with a recently unearthed video from Idaho Fish and Game that shows – and we’re not kidding here – beavers being relocated into the state’s backcounty via parachute. So they came up with a way to drop the beavers into their new home by parachute.
The team behind the beaver drop wanted to move the animals to the Chamberlain Basin, also known as the “Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area”.
Launching the beavers from planes saved time and money.
The Idaho fish and game department – who have created a mini documentary from the footage – says their descendants still populate the area to this day.
The plan involved “live trapping and transplanting fur-bearing animals to repopulate regions that will support these valuable animals”, according to the re-discovered video.
Boise State Public Radio reports that a film made around 1950 showed the infamous beaver drops, but it had always been lost.
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Post-World War II suburbanization in the Gem State brought Idahoans face to face with a formidable opponent: beavers. The project had been mislabeled and stored in the wrong box for all these years. While the old film was understandably fragile, the Fish and Game Department had it restored and converted to a digital format… resulting in the gem of a YouTube video above.
