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Grant History

FThe John Sage Foundation is a young, growing organization. In 1992, we funded two projects totaling $2000; in 1996, we funded ten projects for a total of $13,265; in 1998, we funded nine projects for a total of $18,300; and in 2000 we have funded 5 projects for a total of $24,550.  Projects have ranged from a few hundred dollars to several thousand.

While we generally like to fund a variety of projects, we will consider giving the majority of our funds to a single entity in any grant cycle.

                                                         Annual Breakdown of Funding

1992
Island Institute                                                                    $1,500   
Pine Tree Camps                                                                 $500
Total: $2,000  
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1993
Maine Audubon Society                                                     $1,000
Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter                                $3,000
Total: $4,000

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1994
Unity College                                                                           $500
L.C. Bates Museum                                                               $1,000  
 A.E. Howell Wildlife Conservation Center                        $1,000
Bigelow Laboratory scholarship fund                                $1,000
Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter                                    $500
Camp Kieve Science Camp scholarship fund                     $500   
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc.                                $1,000
Total: $5,500

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1995
College of the Atlantic                                                           $2,000 (per year for two years)
Me Organic Farmers & Gardeners Assoc.                            $2,000
Children's Discovery Museum                                               $1,000
Congress of Lake Assoc.                                                          $1,500
Friends of the Wilhelm Reich Museum                                  $500
L.C. Bates Museum                                                                      $500
Audubon Expedition Institute                                                $1,000

Total: $8,500
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1996
Island Heritage Trust                                                                 $1,250
Boothbay Region Land Trust                                                   $1,200
College of the Atlantic                                                              $2,000 

June 1996
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc.                                    $1,500
Audubon Expedition Institute                                                  $1,000
Bigelow Labs                                                                                $1,000
University of Maine at Presque Isle                                          $1,115
 Maine Audubon Society                                                            $1,500
Camp Kieve science camp                                                          $550
Penobscot Bay Network                                                             $1,000
University of Maine at Presque Isle                                           $1,150 (sent in Sept. '96)
Sub total: $13,265

RETURNED: Children's Discovery Museum $1,000
Penobscot Bay $1,000

 Total: $11,265
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1997 April  
Sabattus Elementary School                                                                 $1,575
Androscoggin Land Trust                                                                        $1,500 
Lakes Environmental Assoc.                                                                      $650
Loon Echo Land Trust                                                                                $1,750
St. Joseph's College                                                                                    $1,500
National Audubon Society Shore Bird Education                                $1,000
College of the Atlantic                                                                               $2,000

Sub total: $9,975

1997 September

Morris Farm                                                                                                 $2,000
Friends of the Wilhelm Reich Museum                                                 $2,000
Nature Conservancy, Maine Chapter                                                     $2,000
Audubon Expedition Institute                                                                 $1,000

Sub total: $7,000

Total for 1997: $16,975
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1998 April 
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc.                                             $2,000
Crystal Spring Farm                                                                              $2,500
CURE                                                                                                        $1,500  
McLaughlin Foundation                                                                        $1,600

Subtotal: $7,600

1998 September
Coastal Mountains Land Trust                                                        $2,500
Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance                                             $3,000
Downeast Salmon Federation                                                        $2,000
Lake Winnecook Monitoring Project                                             $1,200
Maine Coast Heritage Trust                                                             $2,000

Subtotal: $10,700

Total for 1998: $18,300
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1999 April 
Friends of Wilhelm Reich Friends of Wilhelm Reich                $1,500
Environmental education programs  

Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance                                  $2,000
Land Purchase

Friends of Craig Brook                                                                   $2,000
Environmental education - river festival 

COA                                                                                                    $1,000
Support for GIS education  

Acadia Wildlife Foundation                                                            $1,500
Educational program

Lubec Landmarks, Inc.                                                                       $500
Community outreach

Subtotal: $8,500

1999 September
Unity College, digital camera                                                        $1,000
Supports water quality monitoring             

Appalachian Trail Conference, Western Maine                                       
High Mountain Protection project                                               $1,000 

Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Weskeag River project                  $3,500
Land Purchase

St. Joseph's College, Sebago Lake                                                 $5,000
Water quality testing

Vital Pathways,                                                                                   $1,000
Meduxnekeag River Trailhead project

Laudholm Trust, Coastal Resource Library                                    $1,000
Environmental education

Subtotal: $12,500

Total for 1999: $21,000
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2000 April  
Maine Farmland Trust                                                                   $1,000
Conference support                                       

Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust                                $2,500 
Land Purchase             

Subtotal: $3,500

2000 September

Lake George Regional Park                                                            $15,000
Land Purchase

University of Maine at Presque Isle                                                 $1,050
Education project

Appalachian Mountain Club                                                           $5,000
Land Purchase

Subtotal: $21,050

Total for 2000: $24,550
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2001 March  
Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance                             $7500
Land purchase

Lakes Environmental Association                                           $2000
Mercury testing

Quebec Labrador Foundation                                                 $2000
Environmental education intern (Greenville area)

Scarborough Land Trust                                                            $5000
Land purchase 

Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance Inc.                               $7000
Land purchase

Subtotal: $23,500

2001 September
Friends of Scarborough Marsh                                                 $1000
Biological inventory and planning

Loon Echo Land Trust                                                                 $3000
Land Acquisition

Subtotal:  $4000

Total for 2001:  $27,500
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2002 March 
Tumbledown Conservation Alliance                                        $5,000
Land and Easement purchase 

Mt. Agamenticus Challenge (York Land trust)                        $5,000
Land and Easement purchase

St. Joseph's College                                                                      $2,750
Sebago Water Quality Testing supplies

Natural Resource Council                                                            $1,000
Allagash Protection project

Soc. for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests                 $2,500
PBS documentary on sprawl

Maine Environmental Policy Institute                                        $1,500
Web news project 

Laudholm Trust                                                                                 $500
Discovery Tours equipment

Subtotal: $18,250


2002 September
Androscoggin Land Trust                                                                $2,500
Land acquisition (Hooper Pond Initiative) 

Charles & Constance Schmid Land Preserve                               $2,000
Land acquisiton

Ferry Beach Ecology School                                                            $2,500
Biddeford Middle School Ecology project

Friends of Casco Bay                                                                            $500
Communities Strategies Initiative

Loon Echo Land Trust                                                                        $2,000
Sebago Headwaters Preserve project 

Subtotal: $9,500

Total for 2002: $27,750

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2003 March
 Chewonki Foundation                                                                     $1,000 
Canoe Expedition for Maine girls

Eastern Trail Alliance                                                                         $1,000
Community Outreach & Newsletter

Friends of Maine Seabird Islands                                                     $1,750
Stewardship & research

Laudholm Trust                                                                                       $700
Natural history library acquisitions

Maine Farmland Trust                                                                         $2,400
Conservation easement costs Bessey property

Maine Lakes Conservancy                                                                   $1,700
Equipment for floating classroom

Sheepscot Valley Consercation Association                                    $2,500
Water quality monitoring

Unity College                                                                                         $5,000
White Sucker research project

Subtotal: $16,050

2003 September
 Downeast Lakes Land Trust                                                           $4,000 
Organizational capacity building

Maine Conservation Voters Education Fund                               $1,000
Conservation Guide to Maine government

Nature Conservancy                                                                         $2,000
St. John River water quality

Orono Land Trust                                                                              $2,000
Caribou Bog - Penjajawoc Project 

York Land Trust                                                                                 $1,000
Parking lot & Boardwalk - site access

Subtotal: $10,000

Total for 2003: $26,050

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2004 March
Scarborough Land Trust                                                               $4,000 
Land Acquistion

Sebasticook River Watersed Assoc.                                            $5,000
Land Acquistion and support  

St Joseph's College w/ Friends of Casco Bay                            $3,000
Water quality monitoring program 

Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc.                                          $600 
Learning Center project – matching grant

Bigelow Lab for Ocean Science                                                    $1,000
Keller Bloom program

A.E. Howell Wildlife Center                                                            $1,000
Aquatic Bird House

Subtotal: $14,600

2004 September
Downeast Lakes Land Trust                                                        $15,000
Land Acquistion

Damariscotta River Association                                                    $1,500
Land Acquistion 

MEPI                                                                                                     $500
Common Ground Fair Biodiesel Project

Lobster Conservancy                                                                       $1,000
Water quality monitoring program 

Subtotal $18,000

Total for 2004: $32,600
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2005 March
Northwest Wilderness Trust                                                         $3500
Alder Stream Project 

Georges River Land Trust                                                              $5000
Land Acquistion and support

Friends of Royal River                                                                     $1000
River restoration work

Coastal Mt. Land Trust                                                                    $1500 
Trail development

Subtotal: $11,000

2005 September
Maine Rivers                                                                                     $1000
Water quality monitoring program

Island Heritage Trust                                                                       $2500
Land Acquistion and support 

 Brunswick/Topsham Land Trust                                                   $2500
Land Acquistion and support 

Appalachian Trail Land Trust                                                          $3000
Land Acquistion and support 

Downeast Lakes Land Trust                                                             $5000
Land Acquistion and support

University of Maine, Fort Kent                                                          $1275  
Water quality monitoring education

 Subtotal $15,275

2005 Total: $26,275
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2006 March
Great Pond Mountain  Conservation Trust                                   $2500
Natural Resource Inventory  

Bayside Neighborhood Association                                                 $500
Inventory of Recreational & Open Space

Unity Barn Raisers                                                                             $1000
Brier’s beach property improvements   

Friends of Unity Wetlands                                                                $2000
Easement purchase and support   

Appalachian Trail Conference                                                          $1000
CARE program – leave no trace skills

Friends of Merrymeeting Bay                                                           $1979
Water quality testing

Thompson Lake Environmental Assoc.                                          $1000
Youth Conservation Corp.

Subtotal: $11,979

2006 September
Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative                 $2500
Land Purchase

Trust for Public Land                                                                       $2500
Bayside Neighborhood Assoc.  support 

Subtotal: $5,000

2006 Total: $16,979

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2007 March
Great Auk Land Trust                                                              $10,000
Land Purchase(Summit, Forest, and Seacoast Project)  

Pondicherry Park  (Loon Echo Land Trust)                           $2000
Land Acquisition

Lake George Corp.                                                                     $2000
Park equipment upgrades

Sheepscot Valley Conservation Assoc.                                   $2000
Land Acquisition and trail development   

Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program                          $2000
Statewide water quality training center

St. Joseph’s College                                                                    $2000
Phytoplankton database

Ferry Beach Ecology School                                                     $1000
Env. Literacy for Maine schools project
 
Lakes Environmental Assoc. (Field Program)                        $2000
Env. Literacy for Maine schools project

Subtotal: $23,000

2007 September
New England Forestry Foundation                                          $7500
Conservation easement - purchase

Northeast Wilderness Trust                                                        $5000
Howland Forest acquisition 

Bangor Land Trust                                                                        $1500
Trail development

Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust                                                 $2500
Land Acquisition – Crystal Spring North

   Subtotal: $16,500

   2007 Total: $39,500

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2008 March
Downeast Salmon Federation                                           $10,000
Land Acquisition
 
Stanton Bird Club                                                                  $3,500
Land Acquisition
 
Subtotal: $13,500

2008 September
Francis Small Heritage Trust                                                 $7,000
Land Acquisition
 
Royal River Conservation Trust                                             $4,000
Farmland Easement Acquisition
 
Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program                       $1,000
Water quality monitoring training
 
Subtotal: $12,000
2008 Total $25,500

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2009 March
Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance                             $8,000
Land Acquisition
 
Woodie Wheaton Land Trust                                          $3,000
Land Acquisition
 
Androscoggin Land Trust                                                  $3,000
Land Acquisition 
 
Friends of Unity Wetlands                                                 $1,000
Easement Acquisition
 
Subtotal:  $15,000
2009 September
Maine Rivers                                                                          $2,040
Water quality testing
 
Avian Haven                                                                           $3,300
Owl habitat 
 
Island Heritage Trust                                                            $2,500
Land Acquisition 
 
Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance                         $3,000
Land Acquisition
 
Georges River Land Trust                                                      $4,000
Land Acquisition 
 
Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance                                $10,000
Land Acquisition (matching grant)
 
 
Subtotal: $24,840
2009 Total $39,840
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2010 March
 
No grants were made during this period
 
Subtotal:  $0
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2010 September
           
Three Rivers Land Trust                                     $7000             
Land Acquisition (matching grant) pending match
 
Ferry Beach                                                         $2000
Environmental Education program for local schools
 
Reeds Brook Middle School                             $2000
Environmental Education program support
 
Subtotal: $11,000
2010 Total $11,000
 
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2011 March
 
St. Joseph’s College                                                       $2000
Maine Milfoil Initiative
 
Down East Coastal Conservancy                                   $2000
GIS Internship Project
 
Down East Lakes                                                            $2500
Conservation Easement support Big Mushquash
 
Woodie Wheaton                                                            $5000
Green Island stewardship fund
 
Sebasticook Regional LT                                               $2500 
Land acquisition - Junction Preserve
 
Subtotal:  $14,000
 
2011 September
           
Three Rivers Land Trust                                     $7000             
Land Acquisition (matching grant June 2011)
 
Great Works Land Trust                                     $2,500
Land Acquisition – Granite State Property
 
Androscoggin Land Trust                                   $7,500
Land Acquisition – Verso Paper land
 
Trekkers                                                                  $1,000
Experiential learning scholarship
 
Subtotal: $18,000
2011 Total $32,000
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2012 March
 
Downeast Coastal Conservancy                    $8,000
Land Acquisition
 
Forest Society of Maine                                   $4,000
Conservation Easement
 
Friends of the Cobbessee Watershed            $1,000
Environmental Education Program
 
Biodiversity Research Institute                       $2,000
Conservation Research
 
Subtotal:  $15,000          
 
2012 September
 
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay                           $1,500
Conservation Research
 
Avian Haven                                                         $4,300
Conservation Remediation
 
Subtotal: $5,800
2012 Total $20,800
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2013 March
Coastal Mountains Land Trust                                 $7,000
Land Acquisition
 
Somerset Woods Trustees                                        $3,000
Land Acquisition
 
Trust for Public Land                                               $7,000
Land Acquisition
 
Georges River Land Trust                                         $2,000
Trail remediation
 
Friends of Blue Hill Bay                                            $4,000
Research – baseline documentation of acidification
 
Friends of Casco Bay                                                 $2,500
Clam flat acidification monitoring
 
Ferry Beach Ecology School                                       $2,500
Environmental curriculum development
 
Friends of Maine’s Seabird Islands                             $2,000
Environmental Education displays
                                                           TOTAL      $30,000
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2014 April
 
 Friends of Merrymeeting Bay                                       $2,700
Water quality testing
 
 Harpswell Heritage Land Trust                                    $10,000
Land Acquisition
 
 Maine Rivers                                                                  $2,900
Water quality testing
 
 Natural Resource Council of Maine                             $2,500
Environmental Education
 
Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance                          $10,000
Land Acquisition
 
Trust for Public Land                                                       $5,000
Land Acquisition
 
York Soil and Water Conservation District                  $2,500
Invasive Aquatic Species project
                                                                           TOTAL           $35,600

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2015 May
 
Appalachian Mountain Club                                        $3,500
Land Acquisition
 
 Boothbay Regional Land Trust                                   $4,000
 Water Quality Monitoring
 
Downeast Institute for Applied
Marine Research and Education                                $7,500
Environmental Education
 
Friends of Baxter State Park                                        $4,000
Plant inventory and field guide
 
Mahoosuc Land Trust                                                $10,000
Land Acquisition
 
 Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance                        $5,000
 Land Acquisition
 
 Thompson Lake Environmental Association             $2,000
Water Testing and Environmental Education
 
 Trust for Public Land                                                   $5,000
Land Acquisition
                                                                           TOTAL                 $41,000
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2016 May
 
Avian Haven                                                                            $5,000
Aquatic Bird facility
 
Bangor Area Stormwater Group                                      $4,000
Water Quality remediation

 Boothbay Regional Land Trust                                        $6,530
Water Quality Monitoring
 
Coastal Mountains Land Trust                                            $15,000
Land Acquisition
 
Georges River Land Trust                                               $10,000
 Land Acquisition
 
St. Joseph’s College                                                        $6,160
Environmental Education
                       
                                                                           TOTAL                 $46,690
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2017 May
 

Forest Society of Maine                                                     $5,000
Easement Support
 
Friends of Baxter State Park                                            $3,500
Baxter Youth Conservation Corp
 
 Kennebec Estuary Land Trust                                         $1,200
 Water Quality Monitoring
 
Medomak Valley Land Trust                                             $2,500
Land Acquisition
 
Midcoast Conservancy                                                       $14,000
 Land Acquisition
 
 Sanford Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust                $8,000
Land Acquisition
 
York Land Trust                                                                     $4,000
Land Acquisition
 
                                                                    TOTAL                 $38,200
​ ________________________________________________________________________________________
2018 May
 
30 Mile River Watershed Association                                 $6,000
Water Quality Monitoring
 
AgAllies                                                                                     $8,000
Grassland bird habitat rehabilitation
 
 Bigelow Lab                                                                            $3,500
 Environmental Education BLOOM project
 
Brunswick Topsham Land Trust/ MCHT                            $5,000
Land Acquisition

Center for Wildlife                                                                  $2,000
Environmental Education
 
Downeast Instititute for Applied Marine Research        $5,000
 Environmental Education / Research
 
Frenchman Bay Conservancy                                            $5,000
Land Acquisition

Kennebunk Conservation Trust/Arundel                         $5,000
Conservation Trust  
              
Land Acquisition
 
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust                                $6,000
Land Acquisition


Phippsburg Land Trust                                                     $1,500
Water Quality testing

Trust for Public Land                                                         $6,000
Land Acquisition

 
                                                                    TOTAL              $53,000
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2019 May

30 Mile River Watershed Association                                 $3,000
Water quality testing


Androscoggin River Watershed Council                           $2,500
Water quality testing

Blue Hill Heritage Trust                                                        $5,000
Property appraisal and review for acquisition

Center for Wildlife                                                                  $2,500
Environmental Education

Coastal Mountains Land Trust                                             $5,000
Land acquisition

College of the Atlantic                                                            $4,000
Environmental education

Coyote Center for Carnivore Ecology and Co-existence   $1,000
Environmental Education

Downeast Salmon Federation                                              $7,500
Land acquisition

Eastern Trail Alliance                                                              $2,500
Public access trail development

Friends of Wilson Lake                                                            $3,000
Water quality testing

Georges River Land Trust                                                       $3,000
Land easement stewardship

Gulf of Maine Research Institute                                          $3,000
Environmental research - mussels

Mahoosuc Pathways                                                               $5,000
Land acquisition

MidCoast Conservancy                                                         $7,500
Land acquisition

Nibezun (Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition)   $2,500
Environmental education & public access

Saint Joseph’s College                                                          $6,000
Environmental research - green crabs

Thompson Lake Environmental Association                   $1,000
Water quality testing

Unity College                                                                          $7,500
Environmental research - wood turtle

                                                                    TOTAL              $71,500

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2020 May
30 Mile River Watershed Association                            $3,000
Water quality testing

AgAllies  (Somerset County Soil & Water)                     $4,500
Grassland bird habitat rehabilitation

China Region Lakes Alliance                                           $3,500
Water Quality - Lakesmart Program

Downeast Salmon Federation                                         $5,000
Land Acquisition

Friends of Baxter State Park                                            $4,000
Baxter Youth Conservation Corp

Greater Lovell Land Trust                                                  $7,000
Land Acquisition

Gulf of Maine Research Institute                                      $5,000
Environmental research - mussels

Kennebec Estuary Land Trust                                          $5,000
Citizen Science research projects

Laudholm Trust                                                                    $4,000
Environmental research - microplastic / lobsters

Maine Audubon                                                                   $4,000
 Environmental Education - Loon Project

Maine Natural History Observatory                                  $5,000
Environmental Research - Nightjar

New England Mineral Association                                    $2,500
Environmental Education

MidCoast Conservancy                                                         $7,500
Land Acquisition

Nibezun                                                                                  $3,000
Environmental Education - herbal plant trail

Trust for Public Land                                                            $5,000
Land Acquisition

Woodie Wheaton Land Trust                                              $5,000 
Land Acquisition

                                                                  TOTAL                  $73,000
​______________________________________________________________________________
June 2021
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation.                   $5,000

Environmental Research - Inventory and Monitoring

Cobscook Institute                                                                  $6,500
Water quality testing

Forest Society of Maine                                                          $7,500
Land Acquisition

Friends of Baxter State Park                                                  $4,000
Baxter Youth Conservation Corp

Greater Lovell Land Trust                                                        $5,000
Land Acquisition

Maine Council of the Atlantic Salmon Federation           $3,500
Environmental Education

Maine Master Naturalist Program                                       $3,000
Environmental Education

Maine Rivers                                                                            $4,750
Environmental Research - Dam Assessment

Maine TREE                                                                              $3,000
Environmental Research 

Marine Mammals of Maine                                                   $7,750
Wildlife Rehabilitation

Nature Links Maine                                                                $1,000
Environmental Education

Northeast Wilderness Trust                                                  $5,000
Land Acquisition

Saco Valley Land Trust                                                           $5,000
Land Acquisition

Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative                    $2,500
Environmental Research 

Three Rivers Land Trust                                                         $7,500
Land Acquisition

                                                                 TOTAL                     $71,000
​______________________________________________________________________________
 June 2022
​
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation                     $6,000
Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring

Androscoggin Land Trust                                                      $8,000
Land Acquisition 

Appalachian Mountain Club                                                 $3,000
Environmental Education

Atlantic Salmon Federation                                                   $2,000
Environmental Education       

Blue Hill Heritage Trust                                                          $7,500
Land Acquisition 

Brunswick Topsham Land Trust                                           $8,000
Land Acquisition 

​Coastal Mountains Land Trust                                              $5,000
Land Acquisition 

Cobscook Institute                                                                   $6,000
Environmental Education

Friends of Baxter State Park                                                   $5,000
Environmental Education & Trail Development

Kittery Land Trust                                                                     $3,500
Water Quality Monitoring

Lake Stewards of Maine                                                           $2,600
Water Quality Testing

Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust                                      $5,000
Land Acquisition 

Maine Audubon                                                                         $2,500
Wildlife Habitat Rehabilitation 

Maine Coast Heritage Trust                                                     $5,000
Land Acquistion

Midcoast Conservancy                                                             $10,000
Land Acquisition 

Saint Joseph's College                                                              $5,460
Water Quality Testing

Wells Reserve                                                                              $2,500
Wildlife Research

White Pine Program                                                                  $2,500
Environmental Education 

Wild Seed Project                                                                       $2,500
Landscape Rehabilitation

Women for Healthy Rural Living                                             $2,500
Environmental Education Leadership

                                                             
Total                            $94,560.





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