Forest Service says media needs photography permit in wilderness areas

The Oregonian ^ | September 23, 2014 | Rob Davis

[hiho hiho]

"the agency was implementing the Wilderness Act of 1964, which aims to protect wilderness areas from being exploited for commercial gain."

[Army Air Corps]

So, a professional photographer has to pay $1,500 to take a photo of public land.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

So its cheaper to just pay the fine, rather than get a permit? Brilliant. Just brilliant.

With the added enticement that there is a good chance you won't get caught at all and end up paying nothing.

[Halgr]

The nanny state just keeps getting crazier....

[Smokin' Joe]

So, if you do find the ‘camp’ they have set up for exterminating recalcitrants, or catch the USFS doing a heavy dope deal, they can put you in the ‘camp’ for taking pictures...?

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Don’t tell me. The young Smokeys think that if you photograph the trees too much, their colors start to fade. Damn brainless maggots are everywhere!

[Army Air Corps]

So, why did the Agency decide to do this now? Strapped for cash?

[Fungi]

It is over. What a bunch of crap. Swarms of agents overrunning the land looking for every person taking a picture without a permit. Just another screw in the coffin of a once great country. Thank you feckless fool on the hill.

[tumblindice]

If any reporter wants to document/evidence Forest Service neglect, he must first pay the FS for permission to do so or face a fine.
I get it. It’s something like not being able to afford Obamacare, or not wanting your personal information spread across the interweb, so you pay them a penalty for not having health insurance.

[Nachum]

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[Pox]

Basically, the nonsense from our government must be permanently eradicated, preferably from the top down, but if necessary, from the bottom up.

Allowing government agencies to get away with such absurdities must be stopped. The only problem is, most Americans just don’t care or are not inclined to risk “rocking the boat” to do what is right.

So sad. This country is finished, IMO. All signs point to it.

[Jet Jaguar]

Free country my ass.

[vette6387]

“If any reporter wants to document/evidence Forest Service neglect, he must first pay the FS for permission to do so or face a fine.”

Sounds to me like the makings of a nice lawsuit against the Feds. First Amendment rights and all that and freedom of the press.

[vette6387]

“If any reporter wants to document/evidence Forest Service neglect, he must first pay the FS for permission to do so or face a fine.”

Sounds to me like the makings of a nice lawsuit against the Feds. First Amendment rights and all that and freedom of the press.

[Army Air Corps]

Indeed.

[Iron Munro]

Soon the only places we will be allowed to live or visit will be the inner cities.

[Leaning Right]

If any reporter wants to document/evidence Forest Service neglect, he must first pay the FS for permission to do so or face a fine.

Bottom line: If you want to criticize the kingdom, you must first get written permission from the king's men.

Oh, and that First Amendment? It means only what the king's men say it means.

[Veggie Todd]

I was going to take a picture, but I couldn’t see the forest for the trees.

[Kaosinla]

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.”

-Declaration of Independence