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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etna Pond Fishway | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2013 | $62,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fishway Construction | |
| McKenna - Whiskeag Creek | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2010 | $240,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | 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 | |
| Muscongus Bk Webber Pond | Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District | 2010 | $150,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Mill Pond Tidal Restoration | The Nature Conservancy | 2013 | $20,150 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Barrier Removal | |
| Pisgah Hill Conservation Area - Hobson 2 | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2010 | $25,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Morse Pond III - Barabe | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $185,720 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Spectacle/Dam Ponds | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2010 | $186,857 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Sewall Pond Restoration Project | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $166,200 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Sherman Marsh to Salt Bay Linkage | Damariscotta River Association | 2013 | $107,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Jam Black Brook culvert replacement | Trout Unlimited | 2011 | $69,700 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Upper Cathance River II - Karonis | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2013 | $30,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
| Little Cobbossee Lake - Oatway | Kennebec Land Trust | 2011 | $155,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Mill Street Dam removal | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2014 | $100,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Long Cove Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2014 | $290,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Pushaw Lake Fishway | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2011 | $50,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fishway Construction | |
| Shiloh Pond | The Trust for Public Land and the Town of Kingfield | 2019 | $336,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walton's Mill Dam Removal | Atlantic Salmon Federation | 2019 | $395,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Dam Removal | |
| Magalloway River-Howe | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2017 | $175,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Wessurunsett Inlet | Somerset Woods Trustees | 2022 | $80,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Hunter Cove-Lewin | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2016 | $160,000 | Central and Western Mountains | 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 | |
| Third Lake Stream Restoration | Project SHARE | 2018 | $65,000 | Central and Eastern Lowlands | Restoration/Enhancement | |
| Seven Mile Stream | Androscoggin Land Trust | 2011 | $21,633 | Central & Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition |