• The Forest Service has created a hotline and an e-mail address for questions about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and permits: 218-626-4395 or SM.FS.R9_SNF_BWCAW@usda.gov
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April 16, 2020 at 9:56PM
• Superior National Forest campgrounds and group sites are closed. Restroom facilities at recreation sites are closed
• Ranger offices are closed but reachable by phone during weekday hours.
• The Forest Service said roads, trails, dispersed campsites, boat landings and launches may be open but without restroom facilities.
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None of the boat’s occupants, two adults and two juveniles, were wearing life jackets, officials said.
