Forest Service Says Media Doesn't Need Permit
Sep 27, 2014 13:47:35 #
Just picked this up from another site. More at link below...
SEATTLE (AP) Faced with increasing criticism of a proposal that would restrict media filming in wilderness areas, the head of the U.S. Forest Service said late Thursday that the rule is not intended to apply to news-gathering activities.
The rule would apply to commercial filming, like a movie production, but reporters and news organizations would not need to get a permit to shoot video or photographs in the nation's wilderness areas, Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said in a phone interview Thursday.
"The U.S. Forest Service remains committed to the First Amendment," he said, adding: "It does not infringe in any way on First Amendment rights. It does not apply to news-gathering activities, and that includes any part of news."
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/84bc4616255346e39fc3bc4b8d7eaf38/proposal-would-require-permit-media-filming
SEATTLE (AP) Faced with increasing criticism of a proposal that would restrict media filming in wilderness areas, the head of the U.S. Forest Service said late Thursday that the rule is not intended to apply to news-gathering activities.
The rule would apply to commercial filming, like a movie production, but reporters and news organizations would not need to get a permit to shoot video or photographs in the nation's wilderness areas, Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said in a phone interview Thursday.
"The U.S. Forest Service remains committed to the First Amendment," he said, adding: "It does not infringe in any way on First Amendment rights. It does not apply to news-gathering activities, and that includes any part of news."
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/84bc4616255346e39fc3bc4b8d7eaf38/proposal-would-require-permit-media-filming
Sep 28, 2014 10:58:00 #
I was just at the Grand Canyon last week and asked the Ranger's office about this subject. They stated that there was no such prohibition in their park.
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