Future Fee-Funded Projects

The National Park Service plans fees projects five years in advance so that there is sufficient time to plan, design, complete compliance, and execute projects benefiting visitors in the park. Plans can change as funding fluctuates and agency and park priorities shift, and emergency repairs can defer planned projects. The primary focus of the park is to leverage fee dollars to address the park’s over $60 million dollar maintenance backlog.

Projects Planned for 2025

1. Refurbish and install new exhibits in Battery Cooper, Mineloading building, Fort Pickens Visitor Center, and Santa Rosa Life-Saving Station.
2. New Davis Bayou Campground unitliy pedestals.
3. New entrance lift gate at Okaloosa Area.
4. Repairs to the retaining wall in historic Fort Pickens.
5. Repairs to the dune trails in Fort Pickens Area.
6. Repairs to the exhibits in William Colmer Visitor Center.
7. Repairs to the Davis Bayou Boat House.
8. Repairs to the Brackenridge trail in Naval Live Oaks Area.
9. Completed repairs to historic Battery Pensacola stairs.
10. Completed new pedestal for cannon at Fort Pickens.

2024 Projects Completed

1. Repair of the Perdido Key Nature boardwalk in Florida.
2. Repairs of the Nature's Way and Aboretum trail boardwalk in Mississippi.
3. New black history waysides in Florida and Mississippi districts.
4. Replacement of wayside frames in the park.
5. New safety signage throught the park
6. Historic Preservation of Parade in Fort Massachusetts.
7. Historic Preservation of Fort Pickens through brick repointing.
8. New dump station and wash rack at Fort Pickens Campground.
9. New fire rings and picnic tables in Davis Bayou and Fort Pickens campgrounds

2023 Projects Completed

1. Rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the Mine Loading Building - next to the Mine Storeroom in the Fort Pickens Historic District, the park is currently working to restore and reuse this building for exhibits.
2. Major roof replacement - This project began in November 2023 and will replace asphalt shingle roofs and skylight at Fort Barrancas Visitor Center.
3. Replacement of wayside panels in the Florida and Mississippi Areas of the national seashore.
4. Rehabilitation of historic picnic pavilion in the Davis Bayou Area.
5. Rehabilitation and exterior painting of Battery Cooper, Fort Pickens, Advanced Redoubt, and Fort Barrancas.
6. Remodel and repairs of Fort Barrancas restrooms.
7. New accessible picnic tables at the Opal Beach Complex.