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 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Cathance River Wetlands - Perry | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2011 | $70,000 | Central Interior & 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 | |
| Oyster River Bog | Georges River Land Trust | 2021 | $481,865 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Morgan Meadow - Maloney | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2009 | $167,851 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Fogg Island Preserve Expansion - Osada | 7 Lakes Alliance | 2019 | $73,250 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Mt Agamenticus Wetlands I | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2009 | $66,300 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walden-Parke Preserve Addition | Bangor Land Trust | 2019 | $186,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Caribou Bog - Birmingham | Orono Land Trust/Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2015 | $185,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Outlet Stream Restoration - Masse Dam Removal | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2015 | $148,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Outlet Stream Restoration: Lombard Dam Removal | American Rivers | 2016 | $193,777 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Kate Furbish Preserve Stream Restoration | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2013 | $136,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Mill Street Dam removal | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2014 | $100,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Walton's Mill Dam Removal | Atlantic Salmon Federation | 2019 | $395,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Dam Removal | |
| Montsweag Brook Restoration Project | The Chewonki Foundation | 2009 | $75,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Willow Brook Culvert Replacement | Town of Cape Elizabeth | 2020 | $343,281 | Southern Maine | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Wallace Shore Road Tidal Restriction Restoration | Casco Bay Estuary Partnership | 2013 | $115,236 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Parker Head Road Tidal Enhancement | Town of Phippsburg | 2014 | $40,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Flanders Stream Connectivity Project | Town of Sullivan | 2010 | $50,000 | Downeast Maine | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Muscongus Bk Webber Pond | Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District | 2010 | $150,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Sewall Pond Restoration Project | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $166,200 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Jam Black Brook culvert replacement | Trout Unlimited | 2011 | $69,700 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Eliot Wildlife Passage Structure | Maine Department of Transportation | 2019 | $120,000 | Southern Maine | Culvert Replacement | |
| Surry Forest Wetland Crossing Remediation | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2017 | $45,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert Replacement | |
| Violette Brook | Forest Society of Maine | 2012 | $42,000 | Aroostook Hills and Lowlands | Conservation Easement Acquisition |