Plum Island is a beautiful barrier island known for miles of sandy beach with a view straight to the Azores.
The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge area can sometimes irk locals with their long months of close down periods to protect the endangered Piping Plover but efforts have helped to triple the state population. We are lucky to share in the island’s beauty as long as we can.
Residents have a sense of adventure at living on the island similar to those on the California coast waiting for the “Big One”, but this year was harsh. Harsh but perhaps not the harshest.
Plum Island has a long history of erosion, with nearly 80 houses at risk in the 70’s. As a Real Estate Broker, I have always been hesitant to to sell beach front (on the ocean) homes there, but this article will serve well for educating anyone considering an investment on the Island. The lure to the ocean for us all is unmistakable. But perhaps for now the Basin side seems safer. Too read more about erosion in the 70s take a look at the article below.
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The Daily News, February 22, 2013
The clang of huge rocks dropping out of dumptrucks can be heard all over the north end of Plum Island these days.
It’s a welcome sound for many. It means gaps in the island’s 2,445-foot-long stone jetty are finally being fixed. And many believe that will help solve the erosion problems that have been sweeping away wide swaths of the beach some 2 miles to the south.