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 |