The Great 1948 Beaver Airdrop: Idaho’s Strangest Wildlife Experiment In 1948, Idaho faced a bizarre wildlife dilemma — and solved it with an idea so strange it sounds like a cartoon. When booming post-war settlement pushed beavers into conflict with new homeowners, wildlife officials needed a humane way to move them back to the remote wilderness. Their answer? Parachutes. This reel dives into the unbelievable true story of Idaho’s beaver airdrop, where the state used surplus World War II gear to
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