Shootout: fees are coming

Nikolai

Got this from LA group I recently joined:
http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2006/04/fees.html

Bottom line: people with pro-looking gear may be charged heavily..:dunno

Andy

Nikolai wrote:

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Bottom line: people with pro-looking gear may be charged heavily..

Where do you see that?

gus

We have that here if its an aboriginal declared sacred site. Therefore if its a nice place ..you pay. If its dull & boring..its free.

Nikolai

Confused...

Andy wrote:

Where do you see that?

Andy,
I thought I posted the NPPA link.. I checked it again and it works..
What is that you're asking?

Nikolai

Quotes

Andy wrote:

Where do you see that?

if this is is what you were asking about...:

The new location fees start at $150 per day and – with monitors and other charges – could exceed $500 per day

This revised regulation will allow the Park Service to collect reasonable fees for use of federal lands as a result of both commercial filming and certain still photography activities.” This mention of still photography is the only other reference to non-video photography, but no further explanation is offered for how still photographers may be effected.

Andy

I'm sure they can't charge tourists with DSLRs $150 to shoot pretty pictures.

wxwax

I had to pay a fee to shoot a doc on Mt. St. Helens. This looks like it's for commercial applications, not tourists.

Bob Bell

This has been a hot topic on nature sites for quite a while and its very misunderstood.

http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/permits/pl-106-206.pdf

http://www.nps.gov/applications/digest/permits.cfm?urlarea=permits

http://www.blm.gov/nhp/what/commercial/filming/


National park service and Bureau of Land Management are different but have similar rules

The important parts, which is in the first link:

(c) Still Photography.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall not require a permit nor assess a fee for still
photography on lands administered by the Secretary if such photography
takes place where members of the public are generally allowed. The
Secretary may require a permit, fee, or both, if such photography takes
place at other locations where members of the public are generally not
allowed, or where additional administrative costs are likely.