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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Bay Forest | Frenchman Bay Conservancy | 2019 | $162,800 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walnut Hill | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2009 | $162,800 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Tatnic Turtle Crossing | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2015 | $164,045 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Sewall Pond Restoration Project | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $166,200 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
| Morgan Meadow - Maloney | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2009 | $167,851 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| St George River Tidal Conservation | Georges River Land Trust | 2011 | $170,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Maquoit Bay Eckert | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2021 | $170,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Sherman Marsh Headwaters-Louderback | Damariscotta River Association | 2016 | $173,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Magalloway River-Howe | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2017 | $175,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
| Whitten Hill: Sheepscot Headwaters Wildlands | Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance | 2009 | $175,000 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Suckfish Brook | Town of Falmouth | 2011 | $182,800 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
| Caribou Bog - Birmingham | Orono Land Trust/Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2015 | $185,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Morse Pond III - Barabe | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2013 | $185,720 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Walden-Parke Preserve Addition | Bangor Land Trust | 2019 | $186,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Moulton's Mill II | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2012 | $186,500 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Spectacle/Dam Ponds | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2010 | $186,857 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Lower Gloucester Village and Intervale Project | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2019 | $191,695 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Outlet Stream Restoration: Lombard Dam Removal | American Rivers | 2016 | $193,777 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Dam Removal | |
| Morse Pond II | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2012 | $195,300 | Central Interior & Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Half Moon Pond | Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | 2021 | $200,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Basin and Curtis Coves | Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | 2010 | $200,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
| Norton Brook to Mill Creek Phase I | Falmouth Land Trust | 2019 | $200,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Pollard Flat Wildife Management Area - Sherman Acquisition | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2020 | $201,375 | Aroostook Hills and Lowlands | Fee Acquisition | |
| Salmon Falls - Keay Brook | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2014 | $213,400 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
| Muddy & Cathance River Corridor | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2016 | $220,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement |