Past Projects
Since its launch in 2008, the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (MNRCP) has awarded over $9 million in competitive grants to non-profit groups, municipalities and public agencies to help restore, enhance and preserve wetlands and other important habitats at more than 78 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 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Pond Tidal Restoration | The Nature Conservancy | 2013 | $20,150 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Barrier Removal | |
| Upper Cathance River II - Karonis | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2013 | $30,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
| Falmouth Conservation Corridor - Boudreau | Town of Falmouth | 2009 | $72,700 | Southern Maine | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
| Violette Brook | Forest Society of Maine | 2012 | $42,000 | Aroostook Hills & Lowlands | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
| Maquoit Bay - Henshaw | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2010 | $150,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
| Muscongus Bk Webber Pond | Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District | 2010 | $150,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Sewall Pond Restoration Project | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $166,200 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Jam Black Brook culvert replacement | Trout Unlimited | 2011 | $69,700 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Flanders Stream Connectivity Project | Town of Sullivan | 2010 | $50,000 | Downeast Maine | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Wallace Shore Road Tidal Restriction Restoration | Casco Bay Estuary Partnership | 2013 | $115,236 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Parker Head Road Tidal Enhancement | Town of Phippsburg | 2014 | $40,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Kate Furbish Preserve Stream Restoration | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2013 | $136,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Mill Street Dam removal | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2014 | $100,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Montsweag Brook Restoration Project | The Chewonki Foundation | 2009 | $75,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Outlet Stream Restoration - Masse Dam Removal | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2015 | $148,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Middle Bay Wetlands Partnership: Liberty Farm West | Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | 2013 | $35,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Pisgah Hill Conservation Area - Hobson 2 | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2010 | $25,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | 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 | |
| Steele Forest Addition | Kennebunkport Conservation Trust | 2010 | $75,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Perley Pond/Northwest River | Loon Echo Land Trust | 2013 | $136,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Boulter Pond Wetlands | York Land Trust, Inc. | 2011 | $244,260 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Salmon Falls Wetlands - Tuckahoe | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2013 | $90,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Crooked River - Robie Meadows | Western Foothills Land Trust | 2011 | $69,500 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Sherman Marsh to Salt Bay Linkage | Damariscotta River Association | 2013 | $107,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition |