{"id":25945,"date":"2026-07-10T12:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/?p=25945"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:59:00","slug":"superior-national-forest-restricts-campfire-use-within-the-boundary-waters-canoe-area-wilderness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/superior-national-forest-restricts-campfire-use-within-the-boundary-waters-canoe-area-wilderness-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Superior National Forest Restricts Campfire Use Within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23772\" src=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/USDA-Forest-Service-Logo-300x41.png\" alt=\"Banner with USDA Forest Service Logo with text.\" width=\"300\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/USDA-Forest-Service-Logo-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/USDA-Forest-Service-Logo-1024x139.png 1024w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/USDA-Forest-Service-Logo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Superior National Forest<br \/>\nForest Service News Release<br \/>\nJoy VanDrie: Public Affairs Staff Officer<br \/>\n231-878-0998 call or text<br \/>\njoy.vandrie@usda.gov<\/p>\n<h4>Superior National Forest Restricts Campfire Use Within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness<\/h4>\n<h5>Wildfires and drying conditions across northern Minnesota prompts campfire restrictions<\/h5>\n<p>Duluth, Minn. July 10, 2026\u2014Due to continued dry conditions and wildfire conditions, the Superior National Forest is issuing an Emergency Forest Order for campfire restrictions effective July 11, 2026, at 12:01 a.m. within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). This Order restricts the ignition, building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire, including charcoal grills and barbeques, coal, and woodburning stoves to reduce the likelihood of a wildfire within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). Campfire restriction information and Exhibit A\u2013Closure Map will be posted to the forest\u2019s Alerts page https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/r09\/superior\/alerts<br \/>\nBWCAW campfire restrictions go into effect beginning Saturday morning (12:01) a.m., July 11, 2026, until rescinded.<br \/>\n\u2022 Gas or propane cook stoves are allowed throughout the BWCAW.<br \/>\n\u2022 Stoves or grills fueled by charcoal, or any type of wood are not allowed.<br \/>\nThe potential for wildfire is high across all ownerships in northern Minnesota currently. It is extremely important that people are careful with any sources of ignition such as smoking devices, dragging chains, and recreational vehicles. If you are in a location where you can have a campfire outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, consider if the conditions are right and if you need a fire. Be sure to keep your campfire small and put it out cold to the touch whenever you leave it. All permitted campfires must be attended all times.<br \/>\nFor additional information regarding fire-related and\/or forest closures and updates:<br \/>\n\u2022 Superior National Forest website https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/r09\/superior\/alerts<br \/>\n\u2022 Minnesota Incident Command System website at www.mnics.org<br \/>\n\u2022 For statewide fire restriction information: https:\/\/mnics.org<br \/>\n#<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Superior National Forest Forest Service News Release Joy VanDrie: Public Affairs Staff Officer 231-878-0998 call<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":235,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-incidents"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25946,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25945\/revisions\/25946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}