Research Applications For the Superior National Forest and Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

• All research activities on the Superior National Forest or within the BWCAW must submit a research application.
• Applications take approximately one month to process, at minimum. Research applications for within the BWCAW typically take longer to process.
• Research within the BWCAW requires an entry point permit reservation via recreation.gov.

Submit Applications To:

Scott Culbert, Forest Ecologist

Research Permit Applications:

Transportation

Permits are required for:

• Use of roads not open to the general public for motorized use.
• Use of roads/driveways across National Forest System lands to access private property.
• Snowplowing Forest roads.

Other Superior NF Permits

Permits are required for other uses such as electrical easements, utility lines, oil and gas pipelines and monitoring wells.

Standard Form 299 - Application for transportation and utility systems and facilities on federal lands (pdf).

Please call the local Ranger District Office for more information.