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.
Past Projects
| Project Title | Project Sponsor | Funding Round/Year | MNRCP Funds Awarded | MNRCP Region | Project Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollard Flat Wildife Management Area - Sherman Acquisition | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2020 | $201,375 | Aroostook Hills and Lowlands | Fee Acquisition | |
| Willow Brook Culvert Replacement | Town of Cape Elizabeth | 2020 | $343,281 | Southern Maine | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Hoopers Brook | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2020 | $138,350 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Deering Watershed Wetlands | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2020 | $444,700 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Charles Pond Acquisition | Greater Lovell Land Trust | 2020 | $120,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Ann Thurlow Forest | Western Foothills Land Trust | 2020 | $840,500 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walden-Parke Preserve Addition | Bangor Land Trust | 2019 | $186,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Fogg Island Preserve Expansion - Osada | 7 Lakes Alliance | 2019 | $73,250 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Fogg Island Preserve Expansion - Karabin | 7 Lakes Alliance | 2019 | $43,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Caribou Bog Central | Orono Land Trust | 2019 | $330,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walton's Mill Dam Removal | Atlantic Salmon Federation | 2019 | $395,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Dam Removal | |
| Pump Box Brook I - Coley Trafton | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2019 | $151,700 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Shiloh Pond | The Trust for Public Land and the Town of Kingfield | 2019 | $336,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Old Boston Farm | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2019 | $860,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Frenchville Forest | Upper St. John River Organization | 2019 | $89,400 | Aroostook Hills and Lowlands | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
| Norton Brook to Mill Creek Phase I | Falmouth Land Trust | 2019 | $200,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Knight Land | York Land Trust | 2019 | $327,500 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Lower Gloucester Village and Intervale Project | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2019 | $191,695 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Kennebunk Plains - Fenderson Connector | Town of Wells | 2019 | $120,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Hansen Pond Restoration Sites | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2019 | $38,050 | Southern Maine | Restoration/Enhancement | |
| Eliot Wildlife Passage Structure | Maine Department of Transportation | 2019 | $120,000 | Southern Maine | Culvert Replacement | |
| Deering - Northwest River | Loon Echo Land Trust | 2019 | $30,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Crooked River, Scribner Parcel | Western Foothills Land Trust | 2019 | $42,380 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Frenchman Bay Forest | Frenchman Bay Conservancy | 2019 | $162,800 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Brook Trout Habitat Restoration at Spring River | The Nature Conservancy | 2019 | $51,200 | Downeast Maine | Restoration/Enhancement |