Thirteen entry points are closed right now due to dry conditions and ongoing fires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

The fraction relates to entry points that are losing only one permit every other day. Many more entry points in the Tofte and Gunflint regions of the BWCA also will see a drop in permit availability.

The U.S. Forest Service says some entry points in the BWCA are closed until further noticed due to storm damage.

As previously announced, permits for all other BWCA entry points can be reserved first-come, first-served, starting Jan. 25 at 9 a.m. central time.

Some Boundary Waters entry points, lakes and portages around Delta Lake remain closed and a ban on campfires throughout the wilderness area and in most of the Superior National Forest remains in ...

About 250,000 people visit the BWCA each year, and about 9,000 parties entered the last lottery. The Forest Service sets daily quotas for each entry point to keep visitors spread out and to ensure ...

The remaining permits for those entry points, as well as permits for all other BWCA entry points, can be reserved first-come, first-served, starting Jan. 25 at 9 a.m. central time at www ...

Some Boundary Waters entry points, lakes and portages around Delta Lake remain closed and a ban on campfires throughout the wilderness area and in most of the Superior National Forest remains in ...

The Superior National Forest partly backed off plans to eliminate the lottery system for issuing Boundary Waters Canoe Area entry permits and said Friday it will keep the lottery for the popular ...