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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.

Past Projects
Project Title Project Sponsor Funding Round/Year MNRCP Funds Awarded MNRCP Region Sort descending Project Type
Caribou Bog - Dorion Orono Land Trust 2012 $223,300 Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement
Pollard Flat Wildife Management Area - Sherman Acquisition Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 2020 $201,375 Aroostook Hills and Lowlands Fee Acquisition
Violette Brook Forest Society of Maine 2012 $42,000 Aroostook Hills and Lowlands Conservation Easement Acquisition
Frenchville Forest Upper St. John River Organization 2019 $89,400 Aroostook Hills and Lowlands Conservation Easement Acquisition
Salmon Brook Enhancement Town of Washburn 2014 $21,000 Aroostook Hills and Lowlands
Mattawamkeag/Eagle Pond Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 2011 $115,000 Central and Eastern Lowlands Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement
Third Lake Stream Restoration Project SHARE 2018 $65,000 Central and Eastern Lowlands Restoration/Enhancement
Wessurunsett Inlet Somerset Woods Trustees 2022 $80,000 Central and Western Mountains Fee Acquisition
Magalloway River-Howe Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust 2017 $175,000 Central and Western Mountains Fee Acquisition
Sucker Brook/Horseshoe Pond Greater Lovell Land Trust 2011 $95,000 Central and Western Mountains Fee Acquisition
Seven Mile Stream Androscoggin Land Trust 2011 $21,633 Central and Western Mountains Fee Acquisition
Walton's Mill Dam Removal Atlantic Salmon Federation 2019 $395,000 Central and Western Mountains Dam Removal
Shiloh Pond The Trust for Public Land and the Town of Kingfield 2019 $336,000 Central and Western Mountains Fee Acquisition
Hunter Cove-Lewin Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust 2016 $160,000 Central and Western Mountains Fee Acquisition
Witt Swamp Preserve Extension Western Foothills Land Trust 2013 $97,113 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
Davis/Holbrook Fishway Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council 2012 $50,000 Central Interior and Midcoast Fishway Construction
Little Cobbossee Lake - Weston Kennebec Land Trust 2020 $44,562 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Spectacle/Dam Ponds Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 2010 $186,857 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Morse Pond II Kennebec Estuary Land Trust 2012 $195,300 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Three Ponds One Forest Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust 2023 $523,000 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Moulton's Mill II Sebasticook Regional Land Trust 2012 $186,500 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Jam Black Brook culvert replacement Trout Unlimited 2011 $69,700 Central Interior and Midcoast Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage
Little Cobbossee Lake - Oatway Kennebec Land Trust 2011 $155,000 Central Interior and Midcoast Fee Acquisition
Surry Forest Wetland Crossing Remediation Blue Hill Heritage Trust 2017 $45,500 Central Interior and Midcoast Culvert Replacement