$4.6 million awarded for wetland restoration around the state

$4.6 million awarded for wetland restoration around the state

Heavy rain and a partially collapsed culvert under the Park Loop Road caused significant flooding in the spring of 2023 along the Jesup Path, a popular boardwalk near the Great Meadow wetland. Photo by Kate Cough.Ten wetland restoration projects will receive $4.6 million from the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program, including funding for a project in Acadia National Park to improve the park’s largest freshwater wetland, which has seen ex…