We are nearly a month in since permits were made available for camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Although what’s the outlook this spring for people wanting to explore the BWCA? The U.S.

It’s time to start making plans for the 2026 summer camping season. The Quota Permit Reservations Center for the Boundary ...

The surge to book a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) permit was intense again this year, even briefly bogging down the government’s reservation system after bookings went live Jan. 29.

In ten days, on January 28 at precisely 9:00 a.m., the Boundary Waters Canoe Alternatives (BWCA) permits for the 2026 season ...

Whether you're looking to take in scenery and coast down calm waterways or get in some much-needed fishing and camping, this ...

Some Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness paddlers will have to change where they pick up permits for their trips this summer. Two U.S. Forest Service ranger district stations — the Kawishiwi office ...

Want to make a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness but you don’t have a crew? The Boundary Waters Advisory Committee invites volunteers to join their crews on multiday trail-clearing ...

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — Susan Otterholt Kempe paddled into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for the first time having never spent a night camping in the woods. “I was a farm kid. In the ...

Fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) was lights out. I mean amazing. Our crew of six men enjoyed all you can eat fresh caught walleye cooked in a skillet over a wood fire five ...

Dan Cohen is a writer and photographer from Independence, Iowa, and has led Iowa youth and adults on many wilderness trips. Iowans have been awakened to the threats facing our most treasured ...

Fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) was better than this six-man crew dreamed it could be. Submitted photo Fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) was ...