Who runs the lottery?.
Will it happen during our government shut down?

The only lotteries I know of are run by States. State govt is running as usual.

I believe the BWCA lottery is the question. I also think it is run by a contracted company and should be functional during the shutdown but, we will see.

As long as the contractor running the permit system does not need to work with a government employee, they should be up and running.

Someone on the trip planning forum noticed that they got charged for permit fees. So, sounds like it happened.

No problem getting a Quetico permit today :)

just tried logging in to recreation.gov:

"recreation.gov-maint
Our Apologies...
The Recreation.gov website is not available due to a lapse in funding for the federal government.

We will keep all reservations in the system intact until the departure date has passed in the event you would like to use any part of your reservation. If your reservation falls completely within the time frame of the lapse in funding, full refunds will be made. No additional cancellation fees will be charged to the customer for reservation cancellations as a result of facility closures.

We invite you to return to this site as the situation evolves in order to obtain additional information about how services and reservations may be affected."

Grandma L: "I believe the BWCA lottery is the question. I also think it is run by a contracted company and should be functional during the shutdown but, we will see. "

Oh... also run by recreation.gov?

It could have to do with how their contract is structured and, as above, the degree of interaction with furloughed employees.

Hopefully, everything will restart tomorrow morning.

The Recreation.gov website is not available due to a lapse in funding for the federal government.

We will keep all reservations in the system intact until the departure date has passed in the event you would like to use any part of your reservation.

If your reservation falls completely within the time frame of the lapse in funding, full refunds will be made. No additional cancellation fees will be charged to the customer for reservation cancellations as a result of facility closures.

Recreation.gov will resume regular reservation and customer services on-line and through the call center at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.