Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program
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Maine
This land acquisition is in the town of Deer Isle, Maine and is known as "Hardhead Island". The island is approximately 5.25 acres located in western Penobscot Bay and has a long history of supporting a variety of seabirds including: black guillemots, common eiders, common terns, double-crested cormorants, great black-backed gulls, and herring gulls. Over 90 pairs of common terns have nested o. . . read more!
The primary objective of this project was to restore or enhance loon productivity in Waldo County, Maine. Tasks included conducting an initial survey of Waldo County lakes to assess loon nesting habitat and determine potentially suitable areas for placement of artificial nesting platforms, conduct a summer survey on target lakes to identify the presence of territorial loon pairs, capture and colo. . . read more!
Provide public access to Beach Pond by purchasing property and constructing a public boat launch.
To address the impacts to marine communities of the unrecovered oil spilled into Portland Harbor, the Julie N Oil Spill Natural Resource Trustees awarded a $350,000 grant to the City of Portland, Maine for a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Abatement Project in December 2000. The objective of this project was to reduce the levels of PAHs being transmitted to the harbor through Portland's stor. . . read more!
To compensate for lost public recreational uses of Portland Harbor, the Julie N Oil Spill Natural Resource Trustees awarded a $125,000 grant to the non-profit urban land trust Portland Trails in October 2000 for the construction of a one-mile segment of the Fore River Trail, and for interpretive signage along the trail. The trail construction was completed by the Maine Conservation Corps (MCC) in . . . read more!
To compensate for injuries and interim losses sustained by marine birds, the Julie N Oil Spill Natural Resource Trustees contributed $25,000 to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) to be used toward the $945,000 purchase price of Flag Island, one of the most important seabird nesting islands in Casco Bay. Flag Island is located in the eastern section of Casco Bay. It include. . . read more!
To compensate for injuries and interim losses sustained by marine birds, the Julie N Oil Spill Natural Resource Trustees transferred $50,000 in settlement funds to the non-profit Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) towards the purchase of a perpetual conservation easement on the 75-acre Ragged Island that is located in Casco Bay in the Town of Harpswell, Maine. Ragged Island has been identified. . . read more!
To protect a portion of Scarborough Marsh and adjacent upland to benefit species impacted by the Julie N Spill, the Trustees provided $327,692.93 toward the purchase of the Gervais property (total cost $795,000). The acquisition of the entire parcel (approximately 46.5 acres) was completed with contributions from the Town of Scarborough, Land for Maine Future Board, Friends of Scarborough Marsh, D. . . read more!