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 | Project Type | |
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Caribou Bog Central | Orono Land Trust | 2019 | $330,000 | 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 | |
Third Lake Stream Restoration | Project SHARE | 2018 | $65,000 | Central and Eastern Lowlands | Restoration/Enhancement | |
Taylor Bait Ponds Restoration | Orono Land Trust | 2018 | $62,300 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Restoration/Enhancement | |
Spring Point, Hog Bay | Frenchman Bay Conservancy | 2018 | $94,500 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Sherman Marsh Northern Headwaters | Damariscotta River Association | 2018 | $99,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Josias Woods | York Land Trust | 2018 | $430,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Fixing Furbish Phase I | Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, USFWS | 2018 | $134,550 | Southern Maine | Tidal marsh restoration | |
Blandings Park Wildlife Sanctuary Addition | Blandings Park Wildlife Sanctuary | 2018 | $40,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Walnut Hill IV-Roberts | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2017 | $129,375 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Garey Mill Road Wetlands | York Land Trust | 2017 | $140,500 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Hansen Pond | Three Rivers Land Trust | 2017 | $407,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Bell's Brook Conservation | Downeast Coastal Conservancy | 2017 | $26,000 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Smelt Brook Intertidal Restoration | Downeast Salmon Federation | 2017 | $133,456 | Downeast Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Surry Forest Wetland Crossing Remediation | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2017 | $45,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert Replacement | |
Smelt Cove Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2017 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Penjajawoc Marsh-Walsh | Bangor Land Trust | 2017 | $242,500 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Magalloway River-Howe | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2017 | $175,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Muddy Cathance River Corridor | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2016 | $220,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Surry Forest Wetlands | Blue Hill Heritage Trust | 2016 | $495,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Hunter Cove-Lewin | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust | 2016 | $160,000 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Suckfish Brook II - McDermott Way | Town of Falmouth | 2016 | $245,260 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Beaverdam Stream Fish Access Restoration | Downeast Salmon Federation | 2016 | $80,000 | Downeast 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 | |
Meadow Brook Wetlands | Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 2016 | $95,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition |