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 | |
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Tiger Hill Forest | The Trust for Public Land/Loon Echo Land Trust | 2018 | $480,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Sherman Marsh to Salt Bay Linkage | Damariscotta River Association | 2013 | $107,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Little Cobbossee Lake - Oatway | Kennebec Land Trust | 2011 | $155,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Blandings Turtle Incubator (Walnut Hill) | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2014 | $115,350 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Merriland River Corridor - Highpine | Town of Wells | 2011 | $119,250 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Maquoit Bay Eckert | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2021 | $170,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Mt Agamenticus Wetlands II | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2011 | $73,180 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Nonesuch River Libby | Scarborough Land Trust | 2021 | $250,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Witt Swamp Preserve Extension | Western Foothills Land Trust | 2013 | $97,113 | Central & Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Half Moon Pond | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | 2021 | $200,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Long Cove Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2014 | $290,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Sebasticook River Conservation Acquistions | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2011 | $304,316 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Passagassawakeag Headwaters | Coastal Mountains Land Trust | 2021 | $112,832 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Knight Land | York Land Trust | 2019 | $327,500 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Mill Lane Wetlands | York Land Trust, Inc. | 2014 | $125,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Morse Pond IV | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2014 | $146,780 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Seven Mile Stream | Androscoggin Land Trust | 2011 | $21,633 | Central & Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Walden Parke Preserve 2 | Bangor Land Trust | 2021 | $394,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
St George River Tidal Conservation | Georges River Land Trust | 2011 | $170,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Cox's Pond Wetlands | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2021 | $51,200 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Brookings Bay | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2009 | $66,903 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Shiloh Pond | The Trust for Public Land and the Town of Kingfield | 2019 | $336,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Salmon Falls - Keay Brook | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2014 | $213,400 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Sucker Brook/Horseshoe Pond | Greater Lovell Land Trust | 2011 | $95,000 | Central & Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Norton Heirs | York Land Trust | 2021 | $91,400 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition |