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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St George River Tidal Conservation | Georges River Land Trust | 2011 | $170,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Maquoit Bay Eckert | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2021 | $170,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Morgan Meadow - Maloney | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2009 | $167,851 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Sewall Pond Restoration Project | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $166,200 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Tatnic Turtle Crossing | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2015 | $164,045 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Frenchman Bay Forest | Frenchman Bay Conservancy | 2019 | $162,800 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walnut Hill | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2009 | $162,800 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Hunter Cove-Lewin | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2016 | $160,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Little Cobbossee Lake - Oatway | Kennebec Land Trust | 2011 | $155,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Pump Box Brook I - Coley Trafton | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2019 | $151,700 | Southern Maine | Fee 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 | |
| Wallamatogus - Great Heath | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2011 | $150,000 | Central Interior & 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 | |
| Outlet Stream Restoration - Masse Dam Removal | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2015 | $148,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Morse Pond IV | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2014 | $146,780 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Garey Mill Road Wetlands | York Land Trust | 2017 | $140,500 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Beaver Pond | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2021 | $140,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Hoopers Brook | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2020 | $138,350 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Kate Furbish Preserve Stream Restoration | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2013 | $136,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Perley Pond/Northwest River | Loon Echo Land Trust | 2013 | $136,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Fixing Furbish Phase I | Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, USFWS | 2018 | $134,550 | Southern Maine | Tidal marsh restoration | |
| Smelt Brook Intertidal Restoration | Downeast Salmon Federation | 2017 | $133,456 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Walnut Hill IV-Roberts | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2017 | $129,375 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Porter Heath | Francis Small Heritage Trust | 2021 | $127,305 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition |