18

Jul

2025

Sea Turtle Nest Hatches at Perdido Key, Pensacola Beach Nests Soon

After an early start to the nesting season, Perdido Key celebrated its first sea turtle hatch of the season Wednesday evening, July 16. 106 loggerhead hatchlings were confirmed entering the water, despite being disoriented by artificial lighting. 

Pensacola Beach nests won't be far behind. It's time to remember: Lights Out! Leave only your Footprints! If you dig it, fill it!

18

Jul

2025

Marine Advisory Committee to Hold Special Meeting July 22

The Escambia County Marine Advisory Committee will hold a special meeting Tuesday, July 22 at 5:30 p.m. at the Central Office Complex located at 3363 W. Park Place in room 104.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss an offer by the nonprofit Coastal Conservation Association to release 15,000 hatchery-raised fingerling red drum in the Pensacola Bay estuary at a cost of $25,000. Public comment will be taken during this meeting.

14

Jul

2025

Mott MacDonald To Prepare Concept on Casino Beach Traffic Improvement and Parking Garage Design

Escambia Commissioner Ashlee Hofberger, whose District Four includes Pensacola Beach, released the following about the contract award to advance the Pensacola Beach Traffic Congestion Management Plan. Read more for her update. 

3

Jul

2025

Turk Rides And Reports on Turtle Patrol

By Kate Turk

 

On the morning of July 1, I had the pleasure of riding along with Melanie Waite for a Turtle Patrol to check on and mark off sea turtle nests along Pensacola Beach. 

The turtle team patrols every morning, rain or shine, even amid thunderstorm and tornado warnings, from May 1 through September. 

We met at 5 a.m. at Public Works and quickly loaded into an ATV — we had to be rolling out onto the sand before first light to beat any beachgoers who might disturb tracks and nests made overnight. 

Waite, who has been patrolling Pensacola Beach since 1993, kicked the tires, flipped through a yellow notebook detailing any nest sightings since her last patrol, and loaded the back with stakes to block off nests in case we found any. 

She told me that Tuesday seemed to be the nesting day this summer, so we might be in luck! Then the ATV jarringly rumbled to life and we set off – the first and only vehicle on the beach road in the dark early morning. 

As we turned onto the sand and began our patrol, we seemed to be the only sign of life on the beach... read more for the entire story

25

Jun

2025

SRIA Board Votes To Pay For Fire Services

The Santa Rosa Island Authority will pay Escambia County for fire services on Pensacola Beach. The SRIA Board voted 4-2 at their June 23 meeting to increase lease fee collections to fund fire services. The action, which will be memorialized in an interlocal agreement between Escambia County and the SRIA, will do away with the MSBU for fire services and bind the SRIA to pay all operating costs for Pensacola Beach’s full time fire protection services.

Read more for June 23 SRIA meeting coverage. 

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