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.
Past Projects
Project Title | Project Sponsor | Funding Round/Year | MNRCP Funds Awarded | MNRCP Region Sort descending | Project Type | |
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Upper Cathance River Wetlands - Perry | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2011 | $70,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Sherman Marsh Northern Headwaters | Damariscotta River Association | 2018 | $99,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
St George River Tidal Conservation | Georges River Land Trust | 2011 | $170,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Rouse Island | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2020 | $75,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Muscongus Bk Webber Pond | Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District | 2010 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
Wallamatogus - Great Heath | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2011 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Pisgah Hill Conservation Area - Hobson 2 | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2010 | $25,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Little Cobbossee Lake - Weston | Kennebec Land Trust | 2020 | $44,562 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Spectacle/Dam Ponds | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2010 | $186,857 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Davis/Holbrook Fishway | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2012 | $50,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fishway Construction | |
Morse Pond II | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2012 | $195,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Three Ponds One Forest | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | 2023 | $523,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Jam Black Brook culvert replacement | Trout Unlimited | 2011 | $69,700 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
Moulton's Mill II | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2012 | $186,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Little Cobbossee Lake - Oatway | Kennebec Land Trust | 2011 | $155,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Surry Forest Wetland Crossing Remediation | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2017 | $45,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert Replacement | |
Penjajawoc Marsh - Severance | Bangor Land Trust | 2012 | $282,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Smelt Cove Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2017 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Pushaw Lake Fishway | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2011 | $50,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fishway Construction | |
Meadow Brook Connector | Coastal Mountains Land Trust | 2022 | $59,976 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Penjajawoc Marsh-Walsh | Bangor Land Trust | 2017 | $242,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Sebasticook River Conservation Acquistions | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2011 | $304,316 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Middle Bay Wetlands Partnership: Liberty Farm West | Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | 2013 | $35,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Maquoit Bay - Henshaw | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2010 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
Mill Pond Tidal Restoration | The Nature Conservancy | 2013 | $20,150 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Barrier Removal |