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If this was supposed to be a solution to a beaver overpopulation problem, I'm really interested in how the government planned on scaling this to an effective be
by verandaguy 11y ago
If this was supposed to be a solution to a beaver overpopulation problem, I'm really interested in how the government planned on scaling this to an effective beaver volume -- since the video only shows two or three beavers being dropped from a fairly small GA taildragger.
It'd also be interesting to know if this could have applications as a discreet bioagent delivery vector (either as a weapon, or as something less destructive).
- HarryHirsch 11y agoAd fontes! http://www.jstor.org/stable/3796322?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents http://www.jstor.org/stable/3796322?seq=1#page_scan_tab_cont...
- mavhc 11y agohttp://www.martinezbeavers.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/airdrop-STUDY-beaver.pdf http://www.martinezbeavers.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/...
- hga 11y agoIt was probably more useful as a method to get some of the surplus beavers into remote areas that needed them. Following the Guardian link to the original source (http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/remember-parachuting-beavers-story-now-theres-video http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/remember-parachuting-b...): Fish and Game is transplanting beavers now in the Owyhee desert, where years of watershed use has denuded the vegetation. The beavers can go in to help restore the land. [Statewide fur bearer manager for Fish and Game Steve] Nadeau says beavers make good ponds that can hold water all year, and that’s important to the landscape.
- jerf 11y agoYou may find this interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
- jdp23 11y agoAn earlier article in the Boise paper gives context: 76 beavers were dropped. http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/parachuting-beavers-idahos-wilderness-yes-it-really-happened http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/parachuting-beavers-id...