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For 12 years, a threat hung over Plum Island like the Sword of Damocles: that one day the federal government would sell the unspoiled preserve into private hands and leave it to an unknown fate.
On Monday, that threat disappeared when Congress repealed two laws that mandated the sale, all but guaranteeing that the island will not be developed. This is a huge hurdle, said Chris Cryder, land campaign manager for Save the Sound, a group that has taken the lead in working to keep the island publicly owned.
The 840-acre island, which lies eight miles south of the region s shoreline, is home to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center but has been off-limits to the public for decades.