Luckily, a local fish-and-game warden named Elmo Heter was unusually imaginative and practical. In “When Beavers Flew,” Kristen Tracy describes Heter’s solution: ...

Back then, Idaho Fish and Game employee Elmo Heter decided that the best place for these beavers would be a remote area called Chamberlain Basin (now part of the Frank Church River of No Return ...

In 1948, Idaho decided the best way to move beavers was to airdrop them. Skip to main content. ... the article by Elmo W. Heter from the Idaho Fish and Game Department answered all our questions.

Elmo Heter, an employee of the Fish and Game Department in McCall, Idaho, came up with a plan so crazy it could work. He proposed using surplus parachutes from WWII to drop the beavers into the ...

“Beavers cannot stand the direct heat of the sun unless they are in water,” department employee Elmo W. Heter explained in a 1950 report . “Sometimes they refuse to eat. Older individuals ...

Luckily, a local fish-and-game warden named Elmo Heter was unusually imaginative and practical. In “When Beavers Flew,” Kristen Tracy describes Heter’s solution: ...