diff --git a/components/Report.vue b/components/Report.vue
index 17cba34..f85a280 100644
--- a/components/Report.vue
+++ b/components/Report.vue
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
               <a href="#hydrology">Hydrology</a> charts with multiple variables,
               models, and scenarios, grouped decadally and by month of the year.
             </li>
-            <li v-if="permafrostData || showPermafrost">
+            <li v-if="permafrostData || forceShowPermafrost">
               <a href="#permafrost">Permafrost</a> with specific visualizations
               depending on the presence or absence of permafrost
             </li>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
                 <strong>Elevation:</strong>
                 {{ httpErrors[elevationHttpError] }}
               </li>
-              <li v-if="permafrostHttpError && !showPermafrost">
+              <li v-if="permafrostHttpError && !forceShowPermafrost">
                 <strong>Permafrost:</strong>
                 {{ httpErrors[permafrostHttpError] }}
               </li>
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
       </section>
       <section
         class="section is-hidden-touch"
-        v-if="permafrostData || (dataPresent && showPermafrost)"
+        v-if="permafrostData || (dataPresent && forceShowPermafrost)"
       >
         <div id="permafrost">
           <PermafrostReport />
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ export default {
       beetleHttpError: 'beetle/httpError',
       hydrologyHttpError: 'hydrology/httpError',
       isPointLocation: 'place/isPointLocation',
-      showPermafrost: 'permafrost/showPermafrost',
+      forceShowPermafrost: 'permafrost/forceShowPermafrost',
     }),
   },
   // This component initiates the data fetching so that
diff --git a/store/permafrost.js b/store/permafrost.js
index 702077f..3dde861 100644
--- a/store/permafrost.js
+++ b/store/permafrost.js
@@ -119,30 +119,24 @@ export const getters = {
     return !permafrosttopValues.every(value => value === 0)
   },
 
-  showPermafrost: (state, getters, rootState, rootGetters) => {
-    let communityId = rootGetters['place/communityId']
-    let latLng = rootGetters['place/latLng']
+  forceShowPermafrost: (state, getters, rootState, rootGetters) => {
     let areaId = rootGetters['place/areaId']
 
-    // We do not have permafrost data for Canada, so don't show permafrost
-    // section for Canadian communities, Canadian protected areas, First Nation
-    // Traditional Territories, or lat/lon points that are approximately
-    // Canadian.
-    if (communityId && !communityId.startsWith('AK')) {
-      return false
-    } else if (
-      areaId &&
-      (areaId.startsWith('BCPA') ||
+    // Always show permafrost section for area reports unless the areas are
+    // Canadian. I.e., do not show permafrost for these area code prefixes:
+    // BCPA: British Columbia Protected Areas
+    // FNTT: First Nation Traditional Territories
+    // YTPA: Yukon Protected Areas
+    if (areaId) {
+      if (
+        areaId.startsWith('BCPA') ||
         areaId.startsWith('FNTT') ||
-        areaId.startsWith('YTPA'))
-    ) {
-      return false
-    } else if (latLng && latLng[0] > 60 && latLng[1] > -141.1) {
-      return false
-    } else if (latLng && latLng[0] < 60 && latLng[1] > -129.9) {
-      return false
-    } else {
-      return true
+        areaId.startsWith('YTPA')
+      ) {
+        return false
+      } else {
+        return true
+      }
     }
   },
 }