💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🪂🦫 In 1948, #wildlife manager Elmo W. Heter of #Idaho needed to relocate #beavers flooding #farms without killing them during transport by #horse and #mule.
He built special crates with parachutes and dropped 76 beavers from #airplanes into #ChamberlainBasin where 75 survived to found new colonies that helped restore the region’s #watersheds.
👉 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71613267/parachute-beavers/
#conservation #history #science #nature #animals #1940s #20thcentury #ecology
80 Years Ago, Parachuting Beavers Helped Save America’s Wilderness. Today, They’re Furry Legends.
Elmo W. Heter had a problem: beavers were dying during overland relocations. His solution? Custom crates, surplus parachutes, and a very patient test beaver.
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🪂🦫 In 1948, #wildlife manager Elmo W. Heter of #Idaho needed to relocate #beavers flooding #farms without killing them during transport by #horse and #mule.
He built special crates with parachutes and dropped 76 beavers from #airplanes into #ChamberlainBasin where 75 survived to found new colonies that helped restore the region’s #watersheds.
👉 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71613267/parachute-beavers/
#conservation #history #science #nature #animals #1940s #20thcentury #ecology
80 Years Ago, Parachuting Beavers Helped Save America’s Wilderness. Today, They’re Furry Legends.
Elmo W. Heter had a problem: beavers were dying during overland relocations. His solution? Custom crates, surplus parachutes, and a very patient test beaver.
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