PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 8, 2025
Maine has lost $9 million it was awarded to reduce flooding and restore fish habitat Down East, making the project another victim of the Trump administration’s continued efforts to cut federal spending. NOAA notified the Maine Department of Marine Resources that the project was no longer “relevant” to the administration’s priorities. The grant was meant to elevate a road in Addison so it wouldn’t flood and to add a culvert that would help fish and lobster swim into a salt marsh along the Pleasant River. The effort is part of a larger project to restore tidal flow in that area after it was blocked in the 1940s. Down East communities are among the “most vulnerable” in the state to rising sea levels.