US Forest Service Proposes Controversial and Expensive Photo Permit Rules
Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 12:00AM 
The US Forest Service is under fire today after proposing a set of rules that would put strict restrictions on photographers and filmmakers who want to ply their trade in wilderness areas. The rules subject potential projects to an approval process with permits costing as much as $1,500 while fines for breaking the rules would run around $1,000.
The fees seem bit excessive when you consider that grazing on public lands will set you back just $1.35 a head for a month's worth of food. Thanks to the General Mining Act of 1872 a mining claim will run you a whopping $2.50 to $5.00 per acre, the same price it's been since 1872.
The rules are set to be finalized in November, and the Forest Service has put out a request for public comment, which you can respond to here.
LINK (via: PetaPixel)
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Reader Comments (1)
wilderness is owned by taxpayers already......there are plenty of permits already required to do just about anything too, yet this seems a litlle absurd...next will be a permit to pee next to a tree
if our government didnt spend so much on bullpoop this would never be on the table.....they need to check themselves