On March 4, nearly 10,000 permit reservations for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) were booked using the reservation system on Recreation.gov. Visitors from all over the country, including nonprofit organizations and youth camps, will be enjoying the BWCAW this season. “I especially want to thank the cooperators who assisted with testing of the system and provided feedback over... READ MORE >
The USDA Forest Service anticipates reopening the process to reserve Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness quota permits on February 27, 2019. Prior to the tentative reopening date for the reservation system the Forest Service is working on the following actions: • Fixing a technical problem in the BWCAW sale software; • additional planned training for permit cooperators who rely on... READ MORE >
On January 30, permits for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) went on sale to the public through the national recreation reservation system (Recreation.gov). Soon after the permit reservation process opened, many users were not able to access the reservation system. The Recreation.gov team, both agency and contractor staff, soon discovered a problem with how the national system servers were... READ MORE >
