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 | Project Type | |
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Morse Pond III - Barabe | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $185,720 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Perley Pond/Northwest River | Loon Echo Land Trust | 2013 | $136,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Salmon Falls Wetlands - Tuckahoe | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2013 | $90,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Sewall Pond Restoration Project | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $166,200 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
Indian River - Farnsworth | Pleasant River Wildlife Foundation | 2012 | $114,480 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Moon Valley | Western Foothills Land Trust | 2012 | $116,850 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Warren Woods Wetland Restoration | Scarborough Land Trust | 2012 | $102,650 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Morse Pond II | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2012 | $195,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Moulton's Mill II | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2012 | $186,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Mt Agamenticus Pocket Swamp | York Land Trust, Inc. | 2012 | $36,582 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Ogunquit River Wetlands | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2012 | $100,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Penjajawoc Marsh - Severance | Bangor Land Trust | 2012 | $282,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Violette Brook | Forest Society of Maine | 2012 | $42,000 | Aroostook Hills and Lowlands | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
Walnut Hill II | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2012 | $260,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Weskeag Wetlands | Georges River Land Trust | 2012 | $347,150 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Caribou Bog - Dorion | Orono Land Trust | 2012 | $223,300 | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | ||
Davis/Holbrook Fishway | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2012 | $50,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fishway Construction | |
Little Cobbossee Lake - Oatway | Kennebec Land Trust | 2011 | $155,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Merriland River Corridor - Highpine | Town of Wells | 2011 | $119,250 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Mt Agamenticus Wetlands II | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2011 | $73,180 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Pushaw Lake Fishway | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2011 | $50,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fishway Construction | |
Sebasticook River Conservation Acquistions | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2011 | $304,316 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Seven Mile Stream | Androscoggin Land Trust | 2011 | $21,633 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
St George River Tidal Conservation | Georges River Land Trust | 2011 | $170,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Sucker Brook/Horseshoe Pond | Greater Lovell Land Trust | 2011 | $95,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition |