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adam
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01/31/2024 08:38PM  
2025 permit availability by entry point is now available. Example:

Lake One Availability


We also have a summary of available entry points permits on this Permit Availability Summary

You can currently find the find availability link on the entry point home pages.
Permit Home Pages

Permits alerts are also up and running. You will find this option at the bottom of the permit availability pages. You can sign up by permit alerts by month for any entry point or you can signup for a specific entry point. We currently don't allow this to be narrowed down to specific days or weeks.

 
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YetiJedi
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01/31/2024 09:26PM  
Thank you! Very helpful. :)
02/02/2024 06:40PM  
This is awesome!!! Thank you.
RodPortage
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02/02/2024 07:55PM  
Adam, in the summary page, could you add the total number of permits that were initially available at each point in the "Available Permits" column?

For example,
"Trout Lake (OM) | May | 286 | OM"
would become:
"Trout Lake (OM) | May | 286/372 | OM"
schweady
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02/03/2024 01:33PM  
RodPortage: "Adam, in the summary page, could you add the total number of permits that were initially available at each point in the "Available Permits" column?


For example,
"Trout Lake (OM) | May | 286 | OM"
would become:
"Trout Lake (OM) | May | 286/372 | OM""

If I'm reading this correctly, you're asking that it mirror the format of the individual monthly pages, adding of a column 'Monthly Permit Quota,' which would list the sum of that month's daily quotas.

Also: the links from the main summary page for any given month seem to always jump to September, no matter what EP or month is clicked...

BYW, Adam: This is really cool. New this year?
RodPortage
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02/03/2024 03:25PM  
schweady: "
If I'm reading this correctly, you're asking that it mirror the format of the individual monthly pages, adding of a column 'Monthly Permit Quota,' which would list the sum of that month's daily quotas.
"


I didn't think of it that way, but adding a "Monthly Permit Quota" column like the daily quota on the individual monthly pages would work too. That's the origin of the number 372, it's 31 days in May times 12 permits per day.

Agreed that this is very cool. Thanks a lot for making it happen, Adam.
andym
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02/03/2024 05:14PM  
Very useful! Thanks, Adam.
adam
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02/04/2024 09:22AM  
Good suggestions and comments. Quota total added. And fixed the always Sept list
schweady
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02/04/2024 11:09AM  
adam: "Good suggests and comments. Quota total added. And fixed the always Sept list"

:-)
RodPortage
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02/04/2024 11:36AM  
Thanks Adam!
02/07/2024 09:16AM  
Can we pin this to tge top please. Thx.
BWCA
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01/31/2025 07:26AM  
A quick update on permits alerts thus far.

Total 842 Permit Alerts:

Overnight Paddle: 627 Alerts
Overnight Motor: 205 Alerts*
Day Use Motor: 10 Alerts

*overnight motor permits are skew higher by weekly quotas.

Some of these cancellations could be from the Forest Service removing permits from people who booked multiple overlapping permits. It will be interesting to know that. However, these numbers are in line with last year.
BWCA
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03/05/2025 09:23PM  

So far this year, 1530 permit alerts were sent out. These are permits that were released for otherwise unavailable entry point/date combinations. The first 2 days after permits were released saw the heaviest activity, and it has steadied to an average of roughly 20 per day.



 
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