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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Boston Farm | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2019 | $860,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Ann Thurlow Forest | Western Foothills Land Trust | 2020 | $840,500 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Three Ponds One Forest | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | 2023 | $523,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Surry Forest Wetlands | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2016 | $495,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Oyster River Bog | Georges River Land Trust | 2021 | $481,865 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Tiger Hill Forest | The Trust for Public Land/Loon Echo Land Trust | 2018 | $480,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Deering Watershed Wetlands | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2020 | $444,700 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Josias Woods | York Land Trust | 2018 | $430,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Kezar Corridor - Anglo Celtic | Greater Lovell Land Trust | 2021 | $430,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Hansen Pond | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2017 | $407,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walton's Mill Dam Removal | Atlantic Salmon Federation | 2019 | $395,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Dam Removal | |
| Walden Parke Preserve 2 | Bangor Land Trust | 2021 | $394,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Weskeag Wetlands | Georges River Land Trust | 2012 | $347,150 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Willow Brook Culvert Replacement | Town of Cape Elizabeth | 2020 | $343,281 | Southern Maine | Culvert replacement tidal flow enhancement | |
| Shiloh Pond | The Trust for Public Land and the Town of Kingfield | 2019 | $336,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Caribou Bog Central | Orono Land Trust | 2019 | $330,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Knight Land | York Land Trust | 2019 | $327,500 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Ogunquit Headwater Wetlands | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2022 | $310,000 | Southern Maine | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
| Sebasticook River Conservation Acquistions | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2011 | $304,316 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Bell Marsh Wetlands, York | York Land Trust, Inc. | 2010 | $298,907 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Long Cove Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2014 | $290,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Penjajawoc Marsh - Severance | Bangor Land Trust | 2012 | $282,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walnut Hill II | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2012 | $260,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Little River Estuary | United States Fish and Wildlife Service | 2021 | $259,838 | Southern Maine | Restoration/Enhancement | |
| Nonesuch River Libby | Scarborough Land Trust | 2021 | $250,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition |