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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Wallace Shore Road Tidal Restriction Restoration | Casco Bay Estuary Partnership | 2013 | $115,236 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
Littlefield Woods | Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust | 2020 | $69,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Clifford Park- Boutin | City of Biddeford | 2010 | $110,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Passagassawakeag Headwaters | Coastal Mountains Land Trust | 2021 | $112,832 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Meadow Brook Connector | Coastal Mountains Land Trust | 2022 | $59,976 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Half Moon Pond | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | 2021 | $200,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Three Ponds One Forest | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | 2023 | $523,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Sherman Marsh Headwaters-Louderback | Damariscotta River Association | 2016 | $173,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Sherman Marsh to Salt Bay Linkage | Damariscotta River Association | 2013 | $107,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Sherman Marsh Northern Headwaters | Damariscotta River Association | 2018 | $99,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Bell's Brook Conservation | Downeast Coastal Conservancy | 2017 | $26,000 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Beaverdam Stream Fish Access Restoration | Downeast Salmon Federation | 2016 | $80,000 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Smelt Brook Intertidal Restoration | Downeast Salmon Federation | 2017 | $133,456 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Norton Brook to Mill Creek Phase I | Falmouth Land Trust | 2019 | $200,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Violette Brook | Forest Society of Maine | 2012 | $42,000 | Aroostook Hills and Lowlands | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
Porter Heath | Francis Small Heritage Trust | 2021 | $127,305 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Spring Point, Hog Bay | Frenchman Bay Conservancy | 2018 | $94,500 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Frenchman Bay Forest | Frenchman Bay Conservancy | 2019 | $162,800 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
St George River Tidal Conservation | Georges River Land Trust | 2011 | $170,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Oyster River Bog | Georges River Land Trust | 2021 | $481,865 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Weskeag Wetlands | Georges River Land Trust | 2012 | $347,150 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Salmon Falls - Keay Brook | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2014 | $213,400 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Hoopers Brook | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2020 | $138,350 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Mt Agamenticus Wetlands I | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2009 | $66,300 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Cox's Pond Wetlands | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2021 | $51,200 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition |