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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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 | |
Merriland River Corridor - Highpine | Town of Wells | 2011 | $119,250 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Mt Agamenticus Wetlands II | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2011 | $73,180 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Pushaw Lake Fishway | Atlantic Salmon Federation, Maine Council | 2011 | $50,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fishway Construction | |
Sebasticook River Conservation Acquistions | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2011 | $304,316 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Seven Mile Stream | Androscoggin Land Trust | 2011 | $21,633 | Central and Western Mountains | Fee Acquisition | |
Morse Pond - Collins | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2010 | $38,800 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Great Meadow Stream Smithfield | Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, Inc. | 2010 | $119,794 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Muscongus Bk Webber Pond | Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District | 2010 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
Pisgah Hill Conservation Area - Hobson 2 | Royal River Conservation Trust | 2010 | $25,000 | 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 | |
Steele Forest Addition | Kennebunkport Conservation Trust | 2010 | $75,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
Basin and Curtis Coves | Harpswell Heritage Land Trust | 2010 | $200,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Clifford Park- Boutin | City of Biddeford | 2010 | $110,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
East Branch Piscataqua River, Upper | Town of Falmouth | 2010 | $229,285 | Southern Maine | Fee and conservation easement acquisition | |
Flanders Stream Connectivity Project | Town of Sullivan | 2010 | $50,000 | Downeast Maine | Culvert Replacement and Fish Passage | |
Bell Marsh Wetlands, York | York Land Trust, Inc. | 2010 | $298,907 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition with Restoration or Enhancement | |
Maquoit Bay - Henshaw | Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust | 2010 | $150,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Conservation Easement Acquisition | |
Granite State Wetlands | Great Works Regional Land Trust | 2010 | $100,000 | Southern Maine | Fee Acquisition | |
McKenna - Whiskeag Creek | Kennebec Estuary Land Trust | 2010 | $240,000 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Kanokolus Bog North | Sebasticook Regional Land Trust | 2010 | $36,200 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Brookings Bay | Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife | 2009 | $66,903 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fee Acquisition | |
Clark Island Wetlands Restoration | Maine Coastal Habitat Foundation | 2009 | $107,937 | Central Interior and Midcoast | Fill removal, restoration | |
Falmouth Conservation Corridor - Boudreau | Town of Falmouth | 2009 | $72,700 | Southern Maine | Conservation Easement Acquisition |