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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Warren Woods Wetland Restoration | Scarborough Land Trust | 2012 | $102,650 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Nonesuch River Libby | Scarborough Land Trust | 2021 | $250,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Lower Gloucester Village and Intervale Project | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2019 | $191,695 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Pisgah Hill Conservation Area - Hobson 2 | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2010 | $25,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Magalloway River-Howe | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2017 | $175,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Hunter Cove-Lewin | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2016 | $160,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Fixing Furbish Phase I | Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, USFWS | 2018 | $134,550 | Southern Maine | Tidal marsh restoration | |
Third Lake Stream Restoration | Project SHARE | 2018 | $65,000 | Central and Eastern Lowlands | Restoration/Enhancement | |
Indian River - Farnsworth | Pleasant River Wildlife Foundation | 2012 | $114,480 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Caribou Bog - Birmingham | Orono Land Trust/Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2015 | $185,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Caribou Bog - Dorion | Orono Land Trust | 2012 | $223,300 | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | ||
Taylor Bait Ponds Restoration | Orono Land Trust | 2018 | $62,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Restoration/Enhancement | |
Caribou Bog Central | Orono Land Trust | 2019 | $330,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Mattawamkeag/Eagle Pond | Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2011 | $115,000 | Central and Eastern Lowlands | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Brookings Bay | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2009 | $66,903 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Morgan Meadow - Maloney | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2009 | $167,851 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Scarborough Marsh - Gervais | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2009 | $6,342 | Southern Maine | Invasives removal | |
Spectacle/Dam Ponds | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2010 | $186,857 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Eliot Wildlife Passage Structure | Maine Department of Transportation | 2019 | $120,000 | Southern Maine | Culvert Replacement | |
Pollard Flat Wildife Management Area - Sherman Acquisition | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2020 | $201,375 | Aroostook Hills and Lowlands | Fee Acquisition | |
Clark Island Wetlands Restoration | Maine Coastal Habitat Foundation | 2009 | $107,937 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fill removal, restoration | |
Smelt Cove Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2017 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Meadow Brook Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2016 | $95,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Old Pond-Dembska | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2016 | $110,000 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Kate Furbish Preserve Stream Restoration | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2013 | $136,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal |