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 Awardedsort ascending MNRCP Region Project Type
Old Boston Farm Great Works Regional Land Trust 2019 $860,000 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition
Ann Thurlow Forest Western Foothills Land Trust 2020 $840,500 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition
Three Ponds One Forest Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust 2023 $523,000 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Surry Forest Wetlands Blue Hill Heritage Trust 2016 $495,000 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement
Oyster River Bog Georges River Land Trust 2021 $481,865 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Tiger Hill Forest The Trust for Public Land/Loon Echo Land Trust 2018 $480,000 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition
Deering Watershed Wetlands Three Rivers Land Trust 2020 $444,700 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement
Josias Woods York Land Trust 2018 $430,000 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition
Kezar Corridor - Anglo Celtic Greater Lovell Land Trust 2021 $430,000 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition
Hansen Pond Three Rivers Land Trust 2017 $407,000 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition
Walton's Mill Dam Removal Atlantic Salmon Federation 2019 $395,000 Central and Western Mountains Dam Removal
Walden Parke Preserve 2 Bangor Land Trust 2021 $394,000 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Weskeag Wetlands Georges River Land Trust 2012 $347,150 Central Interior & Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Willow Brook Culvert Replacement Town of Cape Elizabeth 2020 $343,281 Southern Maine Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement
Shiloh Pond The Trust for Public Land and the Town of Kingfield 2019 $336,000 Central and Western Mountains Fee Acquisition
Caribou Bog Central Orono Land Trust 2019 $330,000 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Knight Land York Land Trust 2019 $327,500 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition
Ogunquit Headwater Wetlands Great Works Regional Land Trust 2022 $310,000 Southern Maine Conservation Easement Acquisition
Sebasticook River Conservation Acquistions Sebasticook Regional Land Trust 2011 $304,316 Central Interior & Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Bell Marsh Wetlands, York York Land Trust, Inc. 2010 $298,907 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement
Long Cove Wetlands Maine Coast Heritage Trust 2014 $290,000 Central Interior & Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Penjajawoc Marsh - Severance Bangor Land Trust 2012 $282,000 Central Interior & Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Walnut Hill II Three Rivers Land Trust 2012 $260,000 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition
Little River Estuary United States Fish and Wildlife Service 2021 $259,838 Southern Maine Restoration/Enhancement
Nonesuch River Libby Scarborough Land Trust 2021 $250,000 Southern Maine Fee Acquisition

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