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With the loss of funding for Forest Service/Ranger stations, what is new or different about obtaining a PMA permit for 2026 season? Does one still call the closest Ranger station and go there to pick up the PMA permit or do you call and then pick up the PMA permit at the outfitter/business where you pick up your BWCA entry permit? I plan to get Entry Permits for two trips this season online and then want to obtain a PMA permit and spend a night or two on each trip in a differnt PMA (Spider Lake #5 and Pitfall Lake #7). Any advice? How do I get the PMA permits once I have secured the entry permits online?
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OK, partly answering my own posted quesiton above, but just found this on another BWCA website/forum from 2024 season: From this, it sounds like you call the nearest FS Ranger station and make PMA permit reservation on the phone after you have secured your regular EP Permit and then pick up the separate PMA permit wherever you pick up your regular EP Permit:
02/01/2024 09:50AM
I have reserved PMA permits twice. Both times I phoned the Kawishiwi Ranger District, my entry point reservation pickup location to reserve my PMA permit. I was told that they have a list of PMA permit requests that are shared with the other Ranger Districts within the BWCA. When you arrive to pickup your reserved entry point permit you inform them that you have a reserved PMA permit and they check the list. If you show up without a PMA reservation they check the same list for availability. I was under the impression that the simple list sharing procedure was implemented because very few PMA permits are requested.
For PMA reservations I phoned the Kawishiwi Ranger Distric, 218-365-7600 and was asked to provide my entry point reservation confirmation number, the PMA Zone number and the dates I intended to overnight in the PMA.
It is my understanding that PMA permits are only required if you plan to camp overnight in the PMA. You may enter or pass through PMA's without a permit as long as you do not set camp. PMA Leave-No-Trace rules are different from outside the PMA and a copy of the PMA regulations is included with the PMA permit.
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