© 2025

For assistance accessing the Online Public File for KAXE or KBXE, please contact: Steve Neu, IT Engineer, at 800-662-5799.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Boundary Waters permits for 2025 season on sale Jan. 29

A canoe navigates through lily pads in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Contributed
/
USDA Forest Service - Superior National Forest
A canoe navigates through lily pads in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

The U.S. Forest Service encourages visitors to book their reservations online at recreation.gov. Reservations may also be made by calling 1-877-444-6777.

BOUNDARY WATERS — The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permit reservations for the 2025 quota season go on sale at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29.

The season runs May 1-Sept. 30. In a news release, the U.S. Forest Service encouraged visitors to book their reservations online at recreation.gov. Reservations may also be made by calling 1-877-444-6777.

Other tips include planning ahead by having a few dates and entry points in mind, in case your preferred option is unavailable, and to only reserve what you can use. The Forest Service asked people to cancel right away if their plans change.

Visit the Forest Service's website for more facts and tips for reserving a permit and planning a trip to the BWCAW.

More from KAXE
  • Speaker Emerita, Melissa Hortman, speaks to Bemidji Chamber of Commerce members during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2025.
    Lorie Shaull
    /
    KAXE
    A man impersonating a police officer shot Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband in their Brooklyn Park home. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot multiple times.
  • Onion Pie is one Erin Haefele's favorites for using freshly harvested onions.
    Contributed
    /
    Erin Haefele
    When the garden or farmers market gives you everything at once, the best way to handle it is to return to the fundamentals: roast, grill, bake, pickle, can, dry, freeze and sauté. These aren’t just methods, they’re survival tools during harvest season. Especially grilling. Because it’s summer. And everything tastes better with a little char and a lot of butter.This week, Amy and Heidi talked to Erin Haefele of Green Scene in Walker, Minnesota, "a charming food haven nestled in the heart of rural northern Minnesota where small-town warmth meets big-city sophistication." Erin inspires us with simple preparations to deliciously fresh garden ingredients. And we hear from Amy's friend Beth Friedrichson from Wisconsin, who gushes about dilly beans and life on the farm with chickens and alpacas.Lots of folks phoned in to talk about their harvests, whether it was peonies in Stillwater, garlic near Detroit Lakes, urban front yard CSAs in Minneapolis, potato varieties in Deer River or stuffed grape leaves in Chicago, you had a story to tell. Share yours! This week's community recipe to cook along with us is Onion Pie: kaxe.org/community-recipe-onion-pie-ham-radio-amy-thielen. Give it a try and send us your reactions and photos at comments@kaxe.org!Ham Radio Features original licensed music — "You Know How I Like It" by Jeremy Messersmith.Made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Culture Heritage Fund. Support KAXE by becoming a member today: https://donate.nprstations.org/kaxe/donate
  • And: Brainerd senior Ty Nelson wins a second triple jump title, and Red Lake County will play for a baseball title Saturday.
  • Ashley Johnson and Chris Bell from the Northwest Minnesota Foundation share the story of their building's origin in the last century as the Charley Miles Block during a Bemidji Heritage Preservation Commission ceremony on June 11, 2025.
    Larissa Donovan
    /
    KAXE
    Entrepreneurs shaped downtown more than 100 years ago near the Lake Bemidji waterfront. Members of the Bemidji Heritage Preservation are committed to sharing their stories.