Before any of the cities, cars and highways that came to dominate California’s landscape, the vast open land was home to many animals, plants and natural ecosystems. Today, much of the geography has been engineered for human development – and with it a host of non-native species and insects. But just outside Fresno, there’s an effort to bring the native ecosystem into balance with the new. 

KVPR’s Cresencio Rodriguez Delgado went out to get a look at a different kind of engineering taking place.