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Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:56 pm

Wildlife Biologist/Pilot at work

http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/p ... y-happened

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Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:07 pm

Re: Wildlife Biologist/Pilot at work

"struggling, odorous pair of live beavers"

Hmmm

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Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:30 am

Re: Wildlife Biologist/Pilot at work

qmdv wrote:"struggling, odorous pair of live beavers"

Hmmm

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Must have been on Boise St Campus......
Just saying.... 8)
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Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:01 am

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I have always wondered if that was a true story. The Forest service used to give out a Comic book to kids about beavers parachuting in to restore habitat. These beavers didn't use boxes though, the comic pictures were of each one in a little beaver parachute and harness floating down under the airplane.
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Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:40 am

Re: Wildlife Biologist/Pilot at work

roamak wrote:
qmdv wrote:"struggling, odorous pair of live beavers"

Hmmm

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Must have been on Boise St Campus......
Just saying.... 8)
We all know that it's pretty wild in Idaho, right? :)

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Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:44 am

Re: Wildlife Biologist/Pilot at work

mtv wrote:http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/parachuting-beavers-idahos-wilderness-yes-it-really-happened

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That is one of my favorite "it can't be true" true stories... GERONIMOOOOOOOOOO!
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Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:28 pm

Re: Wildlife Biologist/Pilot at work

We had a neighbor who dropped fish for the Idaho F&G, and supplies to jumpers all over N Idaho for the USFS. I vaguely remember him saying something about dropping martins into the New Perce to try and increase trapping production.

My family seemed to get wrapped up in that stuff. We sometimes had multiple birds of prey in rehab in the back yard, where my oldest brother was then a falconer for the Idaho F&G while still in high school. Cow hearts and livers in the fridge. The Idaho F&G called us one day, and a 5mo old moose cow arrived in the back seat of VW bug to put in our back lot where it recuperated for another 6 months. I was always the first one home from school in first grade and I fed it a gallon of milk every afternoon and most mornings, and she got shots and milk at night too.She would come to my window and mew every morning as I was getting up.

I imagine my parents would be arrested for child endangerment today. I loved it.
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Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:08 pm

Re: Wildlife Biologist/Pilot at work

Video found of the parachuting beavers.
http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/r ... eres-video

https://youtu.be/APLz2bTprMA
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Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:26 pm

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This was on our news tonight, link to video works: http://www.localnews8.com/news/idaho-agency-finds-historic-footage-of-parachuting-beavers/35995138
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