For the fifth consecutive year, the number of people cancelling a permit to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness continued to climb, according to a new report from the U.S. Forest Service.
Cancellations of BWCA permits reached an all-time high of 12,096, the Forest Service announced in the report, which was released this week. The report includes data from 2025 and the past five years of BWCA visitation.
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