![]() ![]() Īfter years of pressure from organizations including the Preserve Plum Island Coalition (PPIC), the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, along with its permanent regional program Save the Sound and Soundkeeper, Inc., Congress voted in December 2020 to block the sale and preserve Plum Island. On August 29, 2013, the United States General Services Administration (GSA) and United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final "Record of Decision (ROD): Public Sale of Plum Island, New York". Access to the island is controlled by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Plum Island is owned in its entirety by the United States government, which was considering sale of the island, but suspended the plan in February 2012. ![]() ![]() 1897), and the historic Plum Island Light (c. The Island is also the site of the former U.S. Only 17 miles (27 km) south south east (SSE) of Lyme, Connecticut, the island is the site of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), which was established by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1954. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide at its widest point. The island is situated in Gardiners Bay, east of Orient Point, off the eastern end of the North Fork coast of Long Island. Plum Island is an island in the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York. ![]()
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