Idaho is building a $20.8 million wildlife highway crossing to help deer migrate under a busy highway without losing lives

Idaho is building a $20.8 million wildlife highway crossing to help deer migrate under a busy highway without losing lives

Image credit: Greater Yellowstone Coalition The construction of a new wildlife underpass in southeast Idaho is about to be completed, after the public, nonprofit agencies, conservation groups and government agencies pushed for years to protect migrating wildlife herds and drivers, according to a report by Idaho Capital Sun. To save animal and human lives The…

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In 1948, Idaho dropped 76 beavers by parachute into remote wilderness, and they soon began building dams

In 1948, Idaho dropped 76 beavers by parachute into remote wilderness, and they soon began building dams | World News

In the autumn of 1948, a twin-engine plane flew low over the remote Chamberlain Basin in central Idaho and released a series of wooden crates, each fitted with a parachute and carrying a live beaver, into the wilderness below. It was not a stunt or an accident; it was a deliberate wildlife management experiment devised…

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