In April 2002, the Babbitt Ranches shareholders donated a 30-acre forested parcel of land just northwest of Flagstaff to the Northern Arizona University.  The land will be the location of the Wild Bill Ecological Center, a living laboratory and gathering place for public and private landowners, scientists, ranchers, teachers, and students. The facility will showcase sustainable processes and serve as a research, education, demonstration and training center. The building design will incorporate historical elements of the land as well as modern sustainable buildng practices and technologies.