Plum Island is also the title of a novel by Long Island author Nelson DeMille, who uses the island as one of his settings in the book.
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PlumIsland officially denied research with birds, but I have confirmation from a PlumIsland worker, that they did, indeed, research birds as vectors of disease.
PlumIsland is a pork chop shaped island, about one mile and a half off the north fork shore at Orient Point, Long Island.
After Rep. Simmons learned that the FBI was on PlumIsland investigating the incident of drop in water pressure, he requested to visit the island to ascertain conditions.
On May 28 1858, title to the 3.5-acre island then known as Port Du Morts was transferred to the Lighthouse board for the construction of the new light station, and later that same year the PlumIsland station was abandoned, and a new station reconstructed on Pilot Island.
The Island is now under the stewardship of the United States Bureau of Land Management, and the vacant structures are deteriorating rapidly and vulnerable to vandalism.
PlumIsland is inaccessible from land, and without access to your own boat, you there are two ways to see the Pilot Island Lighthouse.
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