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The U.S. Forest Service Wants to Fine You $1,000 for Taking Pictures in the Forest - Esquire
"This week's most profoundly wrongheaded display of nonviolent press infringement comes from an unlikely source: The U.S. Forest Service. New rules being finalized in November state that—across this country's gloriously beautiful, endlessly photogenic, 193 million acres of designated wilderness area administered by the USFS—members of the press who happen upon it will need permits to photograph or shoot video."
I have a feeling this is going to be challenged almost immediately in the courts. It seems to only apply to members of the press, but regardless, it's on thin constitutional ice. And by "thin ice," I mean "non-existent ice."
"This week's most profoundly wrongheaded display of nonviolent press infringement comes from an unlikely source: The U.S. Forest Service. New rules being finalized in November state that—across this country's gloriously beautiful, endlessly photogenic, 193 million acres of designated wilderness area administered by the USFS—members of the press who happen upon it will need permits to photograph or shoot video."
I have a feeling this is going to be challenged almost immediately in the courts. It seems to only apply to members of the press, but regardless, it's on thin constitutional ice. And by "thin ice," I mean "non-existent ice."