BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 22, 2021
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation have requested funding for more than 150 projects through the earmark process, including:
• $554,000 for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy to build a base for training of volunteers, staff, students, and other conservation organizations
• $2,006,000 for the Western Foothills Land Trust to expand the Roberts Center for Agriculture and the Environment in Norway
• $200,000 for the Maine Department of Marine Resources to formulate a strategy to reduce mortality and injury of right whales
• $2,000,000 to support local and regional seafood systems
• $1.5 million for rehabilitation of the Rockland Commercial Fish Pier
• $1,900,000 for a working waterfront access facility in Port Clyde
• $525,000 to buy land to improve working waterfront access in Stonington
• $700,000 to design an 11-mile section of a multi-use recreation trail in southern Maine
• $632,000 for the Gulf of Maine Research Institute to support commercializing innovative products and services that are marketable and sustainable
• $650,000 to support the Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Climate Center
• $2,560,000 to fund connection of the Bayside Trail to the Portland Transportation Center and Thompson Point
• $300,000 for UMaine to mitigate Emerald ash borer
• $5,000,000 for Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine to expand production of salmon hatcheries to enhance the fishing experience