2016 Grants Awarded!

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 |