Popular Mechanics Magazine ran a 1949 feature on the parachuting Idaho beavers, which also mentions that the trappers working with the effort were able to keep some of the animals for themselves, ...

A beaver walks away unharmed after parachuting down from an airplane, as shown in a video produced by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission, circa 1950.

WATCH: Long-Lost Parachuting Beaver Footage From 1950 : The Two-Way Circa 1950, Idaho Fish and Game tried a new way to handle beaver overpopulation: Relocate some by dropping them from planes. A ...

The parachuting beavers have become an Idaho icon, and the project represents a pivotal shift in how the animals were managed, experts said.

“The beaver film,” she responded. It had been six years since Clark first learned about this now-infamous film, which shows beavers parachuting from the sky in 1948 as part of a Fish and Game ...

An historian in Idaho has unearthed a video of the "great beaver drop" of 1948 -- a relocation plan for the state's beavers. The footage shows beavers parachuting to new parts of Idaho as part of ...

The parachuting beavers have become an Idaho icon, and the project represents a pivotal shift in how the animals were managed, experts said. It’s been 75 years since Idaho parachuted beavers ...

More than half a century after a group of beavers parachuted into the Idaho backcountry, officials have uncovered footage of the quirky wildlife management moment. The Idaho Department of Fish and ...

The parachuting beavers have become an Idaho icon, and the project represents a pivotal shift in how the animals were managed, experts said.

The parachuting beavers have become an Idaho icon, and the project represents a pivotal shift in how the animals were managed, experts said.

The parachuting beavers have become an Idaho icon, and the project represents a pivotal shift in how the animals were managed, experts said.

The parachuting beavers have become an Idaho icon, and the project represents a pivotal shift in how the animals were managed, experts said.