Pinto Ranch cattle drive slated Saturday
Pinto Ranch wranglers plan to drive a herd of about 280 cattle from the Elk Ranch Flats summer pasture to their ranch Saturday. The old-fashioned cattle drive will use a right-of-way along U.S. Highway 26/287 in Grand Teton National Park.
A two-mile stretch of the highway will be temporarily closed to vehicle traffic from Moran Junction to the Elk Ranch Flats area, about one mile south of the junction in the northern area of the park.
Motorists are advised to to choose an alternate route.
In accordance with the 1950 Grand Teton National Park enabling legislation, some historic grazing privileges were retained. Since then, the fenced and irrigated Elk Ranch Flats pastures have been used for summer grazing.
Pinto Ranch is grazing spayed heifers only, which allows for reduced potential predator conflicts.
