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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlet Stream Restoration - Masse Dam Removal | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2015 | $148,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Basin and Curtis Coves | Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | 2010 | $200,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Caribou Bog Central | Orono Land Trust | 2019 | $330,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Beaver Pond | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2021 | $140,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Fogg Island Preserve Expansion - Karabin | 7 Lakes Alliance | 2019 | $43,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Surry Forest Wetlands | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2016 | $495,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Oyster River Bog | Georges River Land Trust | 2021 | $481,865 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Fogg Island Preserve Expansion - Osada | 7 Lakes Alliance | 2019 | $73,250 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Muddy & Cathance River Corridor | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2016 | $220,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Walden-Parke Preserve Addition | Bangor Land Trust | 2019 | $186,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Outlet Stream Restoration: Lombard Dam Removal | American Rivers | 2016 | $193,777 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Sherman Marsh Headwaters-Louderback | Damariscotta River Association | 2016 | $173,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Meadow Brook Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2016 | $95,000 | 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 | |
| Kate Furbish Preserve Stream Restoration | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2013 | $136,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Meadow Brook Connector | Coastal Mountains Land Trust | 2022 | $59,976 | 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 | |
| Surry Forest Wetland Crossing Remediation | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2017 | $45,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert Replacement | |
| Three Ponds One Forest | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | 2023 | $523,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Little Cobbossee Lake - Weston | Kennebec Land Trust | 2020 | $44,562 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Wallace Shore Road Tidal Restriction Restoration | Casco Bay Estuary Partnership | 2013 | $115,236 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Rouse Island | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2020 | $75,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Strawberry Creek | Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | 2020 | $100,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Sherman Marsh Northern Headwaters | Damariscotta River Association | 2018 | $99,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Blackman Stream | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2009 | $20,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fishway Construction |