Federal grants totaling $2.3 million will help protect nearly 500 acres of Maine’s coastal wetlands.
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is getting the money from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant program, according to The Associated Press. The money will fund conservation efforts at Long Cove and Seal Cove in Washington County, Basin Cove and Curtis Cove in Harpswell, and the Henshaw parcel and Maquoit Bay shore frontage in Brunswick.
The funding is part of $19 million awarded to 24 projects nationwide, benefiting fish and wildlife in 12 states. The grants will protect a total of 5,900 coastal acres.