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09.02.2025 News

Feds call on county for Plum Island stewardship

Besides multiple bills making their way through Congress, the federal government has approached Suffolk County to take over stewardship of Plum Island when the research facility there is decommissioned....

10.23.2024 News

Bill to preserve Plum Island advancing in Congress

Legislation to preserve Plum Island and prevent its development is currently making its way through both chambers of Congress. Rep. Nick LaLota introduced a bill last year to designate...

03.12.2024 Government

Peconic resident testifies on behalf of Plum Island preservation

Louise Harrison, the natural area manager for New York- and Connecticut-based nonprofit Save the Sound, testified last Thursday before a congressional subcommittee in the nation’s capital about the proposed designation...

03.06.2024 News

Peconic resident heads to DC to deliver testimony on preserving Plum Island: How to watch livestream

Louise Harrison, the natural area manager for Save the Sound, is heading down to Washington D.C. to testify before a congressional subcommittee regarding the designation of Plum Island as...

09.15.2023 News

Documentary filmmakers want to tell the story of Plum Island

For Thomas Halaczinsky and his wife, Petrina Engelke, the small islands around New York City and those east of Long Island were a fascination from the moment they first...

04.03.2023 Government

LaLota launches bill to make Plum Island a national monument

Like his predecessors, the new representative from New York’s 1st Congressional District has taken interest in preserving Plum Island. On March 15, Rep. Nick LaLota introduced the Plum Island...

01.13.2023 Editorials

Editorial: Progress is made toward preserving Plum Island

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead We were reminded...

01.06.2023 Government

Federal spending package includes support for Plum Island preservation effort

Plum Island preservation advocates are applauding language in recently-approved federal legislation that they say brings them one step to conservation. The federal omnibus spending bill passed by Congress just...

09.22.2022 News

Advocates press for preservation before Plum Island shutdown

Local stakeholders have called for more extensive review of Plum Island as the federal government looks to pack up and relocate labs to Manhattan, Kan. The federal government put...

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