and conservationists, such as brian holly from pax environmental, are working tirelessly to restore these big restoration project that will go on for the next two years. and right now, we're doing a lot of the prep work. what i want to show you today is some of the different elements of what we use in order to start and then keep a restoration project like this going. johnny devenanzio (voiceover): and as with any project, it starts from the ground up. what we're trying to do in this restoration project is bring back more oak trees and see the regeneration that you normally do in an oak forest. so what we're doing right now is basically the opposite of deforestation. we're doing reforestation. that's exactly right. and you focus on native species. native species are important for a number of reasons, but notably that they're well adapted to this climate, and they can handle drought and adapt better to fire scenarios. we're trying to keep the native habitat for the species that rely on these trees. let's dig a hole. nice. this isn't the first time i've dug my own grave. let me help you, he