Tag: Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf Islands National Seashore’s economic impact tops $159 million
A new National Park Service report shows that 3,104,355 visitors to Gulf Islands National Seashore in 2015 spent $130,740,300 in communities near the park....
Free entrance to Gulf Islands National Seashore through Saturday
It's National Parks Week, and that means entrance to the nation's more than 400 national parks is free through Saturday, April 24 — and that includes the...
National Seashore named best East Coast Beach
The Gulf Islands National Seashore — which includes much of Santa Rosa Island and Perdido Key — has been named the nation's "Best East...
Park Service holds contest to name Pensacola Bay ferry boats
If you're a fourth grader in Escambia or Santa Rosa Counties, now's your chance to name your own ship.
The Gulf Islands National Seashore has...
Please don’t move to the Gulf Coast
Please don’t move to the Gulf Coast. For reasons unbeknownst to me, people all across the country have been talking about the Gulf Coast...
Fort Pickens Road reopens
Fort Pickens Road and the Fort Pickens area will reopen today after high winds and strong surf threatened the vulnerable road this week. Motorists...
Battle against nature: next storm could be last for road to...
Santa Rosa Island, a slender barrier island with a glistening white beach more than 40 miles long on the Gulf of Mexico is home to...
Perdido Key’s Johnson Beach Road to close temporarily
Gulf Islands National Seashore will close a section of Johnson Beach Road inside the park on Tuesday, November 17 and Wednesday, November 18. Park...
Pensacola, Escambia push forward on ferry service
The planned Pensacola Bay ferry service continues to move forward, with both the Pensacola City Council and Escambia County Commission set to take up...
Remnants of Hurricane Patricia Batter National Seashore, Fort Pickens
No, that's not snow filling the road to Fort Pickens near Pensacola Beach. It's just thousands of tons of sugar-white sand that's been washed...
