A pilot project for the ecological restoration of the small Yahorlyk River is nearing completion. Oleg Dyakov in his Facebook post notes: "It was an exciting journey from finding a suitable site for restoration, working with the local community and communicating with residents to better understand the river, problems, and opportunities for improving its ecosystem and creating new opportunities for the local community, a comprehensive study of the river, the procedure for assessing the impact of planned activities on the environment (AIE), the development and approval of a working project and, finally, the implementation of work to remove obstacles in the channel and restore free flow.