
Plum Island 2022
2022 UPDATE - PRESERVATION GOALAND A PUBLIC-PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIP The Preserve Plum Island Coalition is campaigning for Plum Island to become a national monument for the purposes of ecological conservation, historical interpretation, and the discovery and celebration of our shared cultural heritage. A potential donor has been identified, offering the possibility of long-term stewardship through a public-philanthropic partnership. We see a pressing need for immediate conservation of the island’s sensitive environmental, historical, and cultural resources. On April 25, 2022, New York senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Connecticut senators Richard Blumenthal and Christopher Murphy supported this vision, sending a joint letter to the secretary of the U.S. Department of...
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Information Session about Expanded PFAS Water Survey – Feb 9, 2023
On Thursday Feb. 9, 2023 the Orient Association hosted a Zoom Information Session so that the community can learn more about the expanded water testing survey for PFAS contaminants that is being performed by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS). ...

Forum on Coastal Resilience and Sea Level Rise
