Past Projects
Since its launch in 2008, the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (MNRCP) has awarded over $13 million in competitive grants to non-profit groups, municipalities and public agencies to help restore, enhance and preserve wetlands and other important habitats at 95 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt Cove Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2017 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Surry Forest Wetland Crossing Remediation | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2017 | $45,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert Replacement | |
| Wallace Shore Road Tidal Restriction Restoration | Casco Bay Estuary Partnership | 2013 | $115,236 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Blackman Stream | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2009 | $20,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fishway Construction | |
| Brookings Bay | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2009 | $66,903 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Clark Island Wetlands Restoration | Maine Coastal Habitat Foundation | 2009 | $107,937 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fill removal, restoration | |
| Sherman Marsh Northern Headwaters | Damariscotta River Association | 2018 | $99,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Taylor Bait Ponds Restoration | Orono Land Trust | 2018 | $62,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Restoration/Enhancement | |
| Basin Preserve Wetland Restoration | The Nature Conservancy | 2015 | $18,825 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fill removal, restoration | |
| Montsweag Brook Restoration Project | The Chewonki Foundation | 2009 | $75,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Boothbay Region Source Water Protection | Boothbay Region Water District | 2015 | $85,630 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Caribou Bog - Birmingham | Orono Land Trust/Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2015 | $185,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Little River Habitat Restoration | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2015 | $65,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Tidal Flow Restoration | |
| Outlet Stream Restoration - Masse Dam Removal | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2015 | $148,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Flanders Stream Connectivity Project | Town of Sullivan | 2010 | $50,000 | Downeast Maine | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Old Pond-Dembska | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2016 | $110,000 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Beaverdam Stream Fish Access Restoration | Downeast Salmon Federation | 2016 | $80,000 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Smelt Brook Intertidal Restoration | Downeast Salmon Federation | 2017 | $133,456 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Bell's Brook Conservation | Downeast Coastal Conservancy | 2017 | $26,000 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Spring Point, Hog Bay | Frenchman Bay Conservancy | 2018 | $94,500 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Indian River - Farnsworth | Pleasant River Wildlife Foundation | 2012 | $114,480 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walnut Hill-Sousa B Wetland Restoration | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2015 | $26,347 | Southern Maine | Fill removal, restoration | |
| Clifford Park- Boutin | City of Biddeford | 2010 | $110,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Mt Agamenticus Pocket Swamp | York Land Trust, Inc. | 2012 | $36,582 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| East Branch Piscataqua River, Upper | Town of Falmouth | 2010 | $229,285 | Southern Maine | Fee and conservation easement acquisition |