MONDAY: Protecting Plum Island: An Informational Gathering for Local Residents in the North Fork

Join Save the Sound and the Group for the East End for an informational discussion about the future of Plum Island and the steps that are being taken to protect it from development. The event will take place on Monday, April 29 from 6:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. at Poquatuck Hall in Orient, NY.

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Plum Island Hearing May 7: Zoning Island Could Save It from Development

While we wait for the federal government to release the final Environmental Impact Statement on Plum Island, we at Save the Sound are working hard looking at other ways to prevent the island from being sold to the highest bidder. On May 7, there will be a chance for the public to speak in support […]

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Last week’s Plum Island Hearing in Greenport

In addition to attending the Plum Island hearing in Old Saybrook last week, Save the Sound staff traveled across the Sound to check out the New York public hearing in Greenport on October 18. On the ferry over from New London, we got to see Little Gull Island and Plum Island from the sea and […]

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Save the Sound Reports Back from Plum Island Public Hearing

Last night at the Saybrook Point Inn & Spa, the U.S. General Services Administration held its Connecticut public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the sale of Plum Island.

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This Wednesday: Connecticut Plum Island Public Hearing & Rally

Several months ago, we mentioned that public hearings on the U.S. General Services Administration’s Plum Island Draft Environmental Impact Statement were going to be coming up. Well that time is here!

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