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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.

Past Projects
Project Title Project Sponsor Funding Round/Year MNRCP Funds Awarded MNRCP Region Sort descending Project Type
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