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 Sort descending | Funding Round/Year | MNRCP Funds Awarded | MNRCP Region | Project Type | |
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Fixing Furbish Phase I | Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, USFWS | 2018 | $134,550 | Southern Maine | Tidal marsh restoration | |
Hunter Cove-Lewin | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2016 | $160,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Magalloway River-Howe | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2017 | $175,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Pisgah Hill Conservation Area - Hobson 2 | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2010 | $25,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Lower Gloucester Village and Intervale Project | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2019 | $191,695 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Nonesuch River Libby | Scarborough Land Trust | 2021 | $250,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Warren Woods Wetland Restoration | Scarborough Land Trust | 2012 | $102,650 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Fuller Farm Expansion | Scarborough Land Trust | 2022 | $118,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Outlet Stream Restoration - Masse Dam Removal | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2015 | $148,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
Moulton's Mill II | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2012 | $186,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Sebasticook River Conservation Acquistions | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2011 | $304,316 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Kanokolus Bog North | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2010 | $36,200 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Whitten Hill: Sheepscot Headwaters Wildlands | Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance | 2009 | $175,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Wessurunsett Inlet | Somerset Woods Trustees | 2022 | $80,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Montsweag Brook Restoration Project | The Chewonki Foundation | 2009 | $75,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
Basin Preserve Wetland Restoration | The Nature Conservancy | 2015 | $18,825 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fill removal, restoration | |
Brook Trout Habitat Restoration at Spring River | The Nature Conservancy | 2019 | $51,200 | Downeast Maine | Restoration/Enhancement | |
Mill Pond Tidal Restoration | The Nature Conservancy | 2013 | $20,150 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Barrier Removal | |
Shiloh Pond | The Trust for Public Land and the Town of Kingfield | 2019 | $336,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Tiger Hill Forest | The Trust for Public Land/Loon Echo Land Trust | 2018 | $480,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Walnut Hill-Sousa B Wetland Restoration | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2015 | $26,347 | Southern Maine | Fill removal, restoration | |
Walnut Hill | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2009 | $162,800 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Blandings Turtle Incubator (Walnut Hill) | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2014 | $115,350 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Deering Watershed Wetlands | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2020 | $444,700 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Walnut Hill IV-Roberts | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2017 | $129,375 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition |