 As you travel through Sibyl Canyon on Highway 34 outside of Wheatland, Wyoming, you pass by the Tom Thorne Beth Williams Wildlife Research Center. Have you ever wondered what goes on here? The center got its beginnings in 1948 when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department purchased 3,000 acres of land, known as the Johnson Creek Wildlife Habitat Management Area. It became a research center because the area provided easy access, adequate space for pastures and holding pens, and had diverse terrain, cover, and weather conditions. It is also close to the University of Wyoming and State Veterinary Lab. It was the first facility of its kind and remains one of the country's leading wildlife research facilities on brucellosis, chronic wasting disease, and pneumonia. Research facilities are closed to the general public due to safety reasons. However, semi-natural enclosures like the one seen behind me here are used to house bison, elk, deer, and bighorn sheep. People driving by on Highway 34 can see these structures and at times the animals as well. From the University of Wyoming Extension, I'm Rachel Meeler, Exploring the Nature of Wyoming.