A growing wildfire in Minnesota forced the U.S. Forest Service on Saturday to close a popular 1 million-acre area of Superior National Forest as hundreds of firefighters attempt to battle the blaze.
The Superior National Forest division of the Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said in a Facebook post Saturday afternoon that it had decided to close the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.
The closure, which is expected to remain in place for a week, was "due to active and increasing fire activity, extreme drought [and] limited resources," according to the forest agency.
Under the order, no entry permits will be given to visitors wishing to enter Boundary Waters, one of the most visited federally designated wilderness.
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The Superior National Forest division of the Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said in a Facebook post Saturday afternoon that it had decided to close the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.
The closure, which is expected to remain in place for a week, was "due to active and increasing fire activity, extreme drought [and] limited resources," according to the forest agency.
Under the order, no entry permits will be given to visitors wishing to enter Boundary Waters, one of the most visited federally designated wilderness.
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