Past Projects
Since its launch in 2008, the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (MNRCP) has awarded over $30 million in competitive grants to non-profit groups, municipalities and public agencies to help restore, enhance and preserve wetlands and other important habitats at 170 project sites across Maine. This section provides a look at past projects that have been funded.
Project Title | Project Sponsor | Funding Round/Year | MNRCP Funds Awarded | MNRCP Region | Project Type | |
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Sherman Marsh Headwaters-Louderback | Damariscotta River Association | 2016 | $173,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Walnut Hill II | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2012 | $260,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Charles Pond Acquisition | Greater Lovell Land Trust | 2020 | $120,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Kanokolus Bog North | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2010 | $36,200 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Meadow Brook Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2016 | $95,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Weskeag Wetlands | Georges River Land Trust | 2012 | $347,150 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Tiger Hill Forest | The Trust for Public Land/Loon Echo Land Trust | 2018 | $480,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Hoopers Brook | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2020 | $138,350 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
McKenna - Whiskeag Creek | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2010 | $240,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Blandings Turtle Incubator (Walnut Hill) | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2014 | $115,350 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Morse Pond - Collins | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2010 | $38,800 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Middle Bay Wetlands Partnership: Liberty Farm West | Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | 2013 | $35,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Maquoit Bay Eckert | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2021 | $170,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Pisgah Hill Conservation Area - Hobson 2 | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2010 | $25,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Nonesuch River Libby | Scarborough Land Trust | 2021 | $250,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Spectacle/Dam Ponds | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2010 | $186,857 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Morse Pond III - Barabe | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $185,720 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Half Moon Pond | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | 2021 | $200,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Beaverdam Stream Fish Access Restoration | Downeast Salmon Federation | 2016 | $80,000 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Suckfish Brook II - McDermott Way | Town of Falmouth | 2016 | $245,260 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Bell Marsh Wetlands, York | York Land Trust, Inc. | 2010 | $298,907 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Suckfish Brook | Town of Falmouth | 2011 | $182,800 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Penjajawoc Marsh-Walsh | Bangor Land Trust | 2017 | $242,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Smelt Cove Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2017 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Boothbay Region Source Water Protection | Boothbay Region Water District | 2015 | $85,630 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement |