Having spent many years searching for the "perfect" western ranch, David Pratt set his eyes on Three Forks Ranch in 1998. Looking for a cattle ranch with mountains, river and solitude, he found his alluring dream in this Sierra Madre paradise. "ALMOST".

Mr. Pratt found all the pieces to the puzzle, except the river was in trouble. Over a century of misguided agriculture had turned the headwaters of the Little Snake River into a wide, shallow, muddy torrent.