In the final round of the hackathon, each team presented their projects. The jury recognized the concept, which was built around one of the most iconic representatives of the Reserve's avifauna, the white heron, as the most striking, interesting and well-reasoned. According to the concept, the white heron accompanies visitors throughout their visit. It tells about the Reserve and is the main character of the photo zone in the courtyard of the Visitor Center.   

The concept involves the creation of a thematic, interactive exposition, which familiarizes the guests of the Reserve with the local landscape diversity, fauna and flora peculiarities. 

- We propose to immerse the visitors of the Visitor Center into the wild nature as soon as they cross the threshold of the building. For example, our concept includes a multimedia room that creates a feeling of total immersion. Through video, audio and aroma materials we give visitors the opportunity to plunge into the landscape diversity of the territory, to better understand the role of the wildlife preserve in nature conservation, and to see what could have happened if the wildlife preserve had not existed here, - says Valeria Zelyonko, a student of the Faculty of Biology, a member of the winning team.

Valeria's team also proposed to create a "life line" of the reserve, which would give an idea of the history of the territory where the reserve is located today. 

All teams based their concepts on the idea that the Visitor Center is the starting point for visitors to get to know the Reserve. The center has no task to tell everything at once - it should intrigue visitors and inspire them to continue their acquaintance with the Reserve on ecotourist routes. 

All the presented concepts are united by the idea of creating a sustainable balance between tourism development and nature conservation.