Conservation grants provide $2.2M boost
The Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program has awarded nearly $2.2 million for projects to help 10 communities.
The Times Record reported the MNRCP funding will go to Blue Hill Heritage Trust, Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, Damariscotta River Association, Downeast Salmon Federation, Great Works Regional Land Trust, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Maine Rivers, Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust and the town of Falmouth.
Since its launch in 2008, the MNRCP, which is administered by The Nature Conservancy on behalf of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has awarded competitive grants to more than 90 projects across Maine that restore and protect high priority aquatic resources.
“It’s a win-win for Maine’s natural environment and it’s an economic one,” Maine DEP Commissioner Paul Mercer said.
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