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More Park Facilities Reopen During May 2013
Watch Hill and Sailors Haven marinas open May 10. Limited ferry service from Sayville to Sailors Haven resumes May 13 and ferries from Patchogue to Watch Hill start on May 18. Remaining park facilities to reopen by May 25, 2013. More »
GMP Public Scoping Meetings
During the public scoping meetings held from July through November 2006, more than 500 people shared their ideas, concerns and thoughts about the future management of Fire Island National Seashore. Approximately 32 sets of written comments were delivered by hand, U.S. Mail, electronic mail or fax. In preparation for the park's new General Management Planning (GMP) process, Fire Island National Seashore conducted a series of dialogues on critical park and community issues. National Park Service staff launched the process during the summer of 2006, with public scoping meetings at the Ocean Beach Community House and Davis Park on July 29, and meetings at Sailors Haven, Watch Hill, Cherry Grove, Fire Island Pines, Saltaire, and near the Fire Island Lighthouse on August 11-13, 2006. From September 25-27, 2006, additional meetings were held at Mastic Beach, Patchogue and Stony Brook, New York. A meeting in New York City was conducted on November 14, 2006. A summary of the comments from these meetings was included in the Winter 2007/08 Fire Island National Seashore GMP Interim Report. Open House dates and locations:
In September, additional meetings were held at Mastic Beach, Patchogue, and Stony Brook. A meeting in New York City was conducted on November 14.
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General Management Plan
Park Planning at Fire Island
Did You Know?
In 2014, America celebrates the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act on September 3, 1964, just a week before the establishment of Fire Island National Seashore.