Post by Logan on Jul 1, 2016 2:42:09 GMT -6
MORGAN, Utah (AP) — Western ranchers usually tangle with federal officials over land use issues, but a northern Utah ranching family is locked in a clash with Utah state officials over the family’s right to move cattle along a stretch of Interstate highway.
On Thursday, the Pentz ranching family went ahead and moved a herd of cattle along Interstate 84 despite the ongoing dispute with state transportation officials that led the family to sue earlier this year.
Members of the Pentz family placed boards over a cattle grid at an on-ramp to I-84 to allow about 90 cows between concrete barriers flanking the road, the Deseret News (http://bit.ly/293rI7C) reported. The state put up the barriers to keep the family from using the route to move the cattle to a new pasture, said the family’s attorney Aaron Bergman.
Utah Highway Patrol escorted family members riding horses and ATVs as they trailed their cattle to an exit about eight miles away. The cattle were moved to higher ground for summer grazing without incident.
Read more: news.hjnews.com/ap/state/ranching-family-in-clash-with-state-officials-over-cattle/article_6ebb5bec-ba9c-5bf8-a543-5578656d273b.html
On Thursday, the Pentz ranching family went ahead and moved a herd of cattle along Interstate 84 despite the ongoing dispute with state transportation officials that led the family to sue earlier this year.
Members of the Pentz family placed boards over a cattle grid at an on-ramp to I-84 to allow about 90 cows between concrete barriers flanking the road, the Deseret News (http://bit.ly/293rI7C) reported. The state put up the barriers to keep the family from using the route to move the cattle to a new pasture, said the family’s attorney Aaron Bergman.
Utah Highway Patrol escorted family members riding horses and ATVs as they trailed their cattle to an exit about eight miles away. The cattle were moved to higher ground for summer grazing without incident.
Read more: news.hjnews.com/ap/state/ranching-family-in-clash-with-state-officials-over-cattle/article_6ebb5bec-ba9c-5bf8-a543-5578656d273b.html