A 2008 historical report describes how the Pukaist people used both riverine lands and high meadows for hay, grazing, trout fishing, and other resources. This was part of the annual cycle.
In 1913, testimony to the McKenna-McBride Commission described how people went to the Highland Valley reserves to cut hay and winter their cattle, then returned to the home village in spring. The highland reserves (numbers 12 through 15) were hay and meadow lands used in this pattern.
A 2011 dissertation connected to Pukaist family context also describes mountain pasture and seasonal cattle use as part of the community's living pattern. These seasonal practices are described in both the 2008 report and the 2011 dissertation.