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What's great about videos like this is that it educates people to the fact just because you see stand of trees or any other uninhabited natural setting that doesn't mean it's a true natural, healthy habitat.

There are so many areas that need work like this, that seems like you're destroying natural setting, but you're actually removing invasives, which are usually a virtual monocrop and allowing the natives to repopulate and biodiversity to flourish.

I don't know what they're going to do about the deer. If they're a problem, like they are here in parts of the US, then I think increasing hunting season is a good option, since we've eliminated much of the predators that are crucial for maintaining balance in the environment, such as preventing the spread of diseases and overgrazing.

However, one small bright spot, at least here in the US I'm noticing is that people are beginning to see the importance of biodiversity and restoring natural habitats.

And on the East coast of the US we're also seeing a return on one of our major keystone predators -- the Mountain Lion and parts of the Southwest are seeing return of the Jaguar.

This guy (Shaun Overton) is attempting to restore a desert forest. He started about 3-years ago in a very, very remote area of West Texas. Many people in the comments asked him, "Why are you ruining a natural ecosystem?".

This video of his is a perfect example of people confusing natural ecosystems with degraded ecosystems, after all, how can it be degraded if it's in such a remote area of Texas? The answer is that when we graze animals in an unnatural way and remove way too many of the native grazers, such as the bison, it can scar the earth for many years.

The below video shows what this property use to be.