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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wessurunsett Inlet | Somerset Woods Trustees | 2022 | $80,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Boothbay Region Source Water Protection | Boothbay Region Water District | 2015 | $85,630 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Frenchville Forest | Upper St. John River Organization | 2019 | $89,400 | Aroostook Hills and Lowlands | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
| Salmon Falls Wetlands - Tuckahoe | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2013 | $90,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Norton Heirs | York Land Trust | 2021 | $91,400 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Spring Point, Hog Bay | Frenchman Bay Conservancy | 2018 | $94,500 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Meadow Brook Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2016 | $95,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Sucker Brook/Horseshoe Pond | Greater Lovell Land Trust | 2011 | $95,000 | Central & Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Witt Swamp Preserve Extension | Western Foothills Land Trust | 2013 | $97,113 | Central & Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Sherman Marsh Northern Headwaters | Damariscotta River Association | 2018 | $99,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Mill Street Dam removal | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2014 | $100,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Ogunquit River Wetlands | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2012 | $100,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Granite State Wetlands | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2010 | $100,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Strawberry Creek | Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | 2020 | $100,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Warren Woods Wetland Restoration | Scarborough Land Trust | 2012 | $102,650 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Sherman Marsh to Salt Bay Linkage | Damariscotta River Association | 2013 | $107,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Clark Island Wetlands Restoration | Maine Coastal Habitat Foundation | 2009 | $107,937 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fill removal, restoration | |
| Clifford Park- Boutin | City of Biddeford | 2010 | $110,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Old Pond-Dembska | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2016 | $110,000 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Passagassawakeag Headwaters | Coastal Mountains Land Trust | 2021 | $112,832 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Indian River - Farnsworth | Pleasant River Wildlife Foundation | 2012 | $114,480 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Mattawamkeag/Eagle Pond | Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2011 | $115,000 | Central and Eastern Lowlands | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Wallace Shore Road Tidal Restriction Restoration | Casco Bay Estuary Partnership | 2013 | $115,236 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Blandings Turtle Incubator (Walnut Hill) | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2014 | $115,350 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Moon Valley | Western Foothills Land Trust | 2012 | $116,850 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement |