EMCI is thrilled to announce that the 2016 grants have been awarded!  Many interesting and worthwhile proposals were submitted and we are happy to be have been able to award a total $17,100 in grants. We wish the best of luck to all applicants, and look forward to posting the progress reports of our grant recipients as they come in.

2016 Awards

• Maine Natural History Observatory (Glen Mittelhauser) ::  Vascular Plants of Washington County, support for publication. | $3,000 |
• Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District :: Marine sediment monitoring project. | $3,000 |
• Rockweed Coalition:: General support for legal case.  | $2,000 |
• Beals Historical Society :: Lobster boat preservation project. | $2,000 |
• University of Maine at Machias :: Fourth Annual Roque Island Lecture on Conservation. | $2,000 |
• Lubec Landmarks Inc. :: Creation of Lubec History Film. | $2,000 |
• Washington Country Historical and Genealogical Institute :: Acquisition of computers and a printer-copier-scanner for research purposes. | $1,500 |
• Downeast Institute, Beals Island :: Clam research restoration of unproductive clam flat. | $1,000 |
• Tyrone Preston, Roque Bluffs :: Offshore bird monitoring. | $600 |

2014 has been a wonderful year for us! We just got back from the DEREN conference at the beautiful Schoodic Institute, which was a wonderful event. Great to meet people there and be part of the larger discussion about conservation and community in Eastern Maine.

Please contact us if you have questions about our grants and the programs we sponsor.