Featured Projects
The projects listed below are examples of projects that would score and rank highly during the review process and would have a high likelihood of being funded by the program. MNRCP continues to prioritize projects that actively restore, enhance, or create wetlands, but funding can also be available for acquisition and protection of wetlands and their buffers.
Clark Island Wetlands Restoration
Maine Coastal Habitat Foundation awarded $107,937
Project location: Saint GeorgeTotal cost of project: $149,000
This project restores approximately 2 acres of wetland habitat within the Clark Island Wildlife Refuge, a 50-acre site owned by the Maine Coastal Habitat Foundation.…
Montsweag Brook Restoration Project
The Chewonki Foundation awarded $75,000
Project location: WiscassetTotal cost of project: $718,490
This project removed lower Montsweag Dam to restore fish passage and riverine functions to Montsweag Brook to re-establishe native riparian habitat in an area flooded…
Wallace Shore Road Tidal Restriction Restoration
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership awarded $115,236
Project location: HarpswellTotal cost of project: $125,236
In this project, the Casco Bay Estaury Partnership (CBEP) replaced an undersized, failing concrete box culvert/bridge with a correctly sized structure where Wallace…
Suckfish Brook
Town of Falmouth awarded $182,800
Project location: FalmouthTotal cost of project: $327,800
This project conserved approximately 92 acres of woodlands and wetlands that comprise the major portion of the headwaters of Suckfish Brook. It contains one of the…