News Release

Fort Pickens Fishing Pier to Temporarily Close September 25

Date: September 17, 2021
Contact: Jennifer Smith, 850-934-2620

GULF BREEZE, Fla. – Gulf Islands National Seashore will temporarily close the Fort Pickens Fishing Pier at 8 p.m. September 24, and will reopen it at Noon on Saturday, September 25.

This temporary closure, extends 25 yards out from the pier and will facilitate a clean-up of the pier and the waters below the pier, associated with Public Lands Day.  National Public Lands Day is organized annually by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF).

The National Park Service is one of the event’s largest providers of sites and volunteers.   

Gulf Islands National Seashore in partnership with NEEF, Ocean Hour, Keep Pensacola Beautiful, 3rd Coast Divers, Perdido Key Rotary Club, Florida Paddling Trails Association, Pensacola and Perdido Key Estuary Program, Clean Horizons, and Coastal Community Cleanup, will host National Public Lands Day cleanups.

Event participants will receive a coupon for one day of free entrance to any National Park Service unit, as a thank you for their volunteer service during the clean-up.  

Please follow these links for more information on the clean-up event locations: Naval Live Oaks Clean Up | NEEF (neefusa.org), Okaloosa Unit Beach Clean Up | NEEF (neefusa.org), Johnson's Beach Clean Up | NEEF (neefusa.org), Fort Pickens Fishing Pier Clean Up | NEEF (neefusa.org). 

For more information, please call Jennifer Smith at 850-934-2620 (Office).  

About Gulf Islands National Seashore: Created in 1971, the national seashore stretches 160 miles along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico in Florida and Mississippi, and includes barrier islands, maritime forests, historic forts, bayous, and marine habitat. Visit us at www.nps.gov/GulfIslands, on Facebook www.facebook.com/GulfIslandsNPS, Twitter www.twitter.com/GulfIslandsNPS, and Instagram www.Instagram.com/GulfIslandsNPS.  

About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America’s 423 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube