The House Committee on Natural Resources recently heard NPPA president Tony Overman testify, along with representatives of other media interest groups, that proposed new rules governing photography, news gathering, and filmmaking in federal parks and in wildlife refuges must be carefully considered so as to not restrict any press freedoms.
The hearing was in response to the Department of the Interior's proposed "New Fees For Filming And Photography On Public Lands" which seeks to update and standardize long-standing permit requirements and fees for shooting on land managed by the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
"The new rules would require many photographers to pay a fee, receive a permit, and submit to significant conditions before being allowed to photograph on public land.”
Read the entire NPPA article.
The hearing was in response to the Department of the Interior's proposed "New Fees For Filming And Photography On Public Lands" which seeks to update and standardize long-standing permit requirements and fees for shooting on land managed by the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
"The new rules would require many photographers to pay a fee, receive a permit, and submit to significant conditions before being allowed to photograph on public land.”
Read the entire NPPA article.
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