Passes & Permits
A Special Use Permit is required for most commercial still photography
and filming locations such as motion pictures and television commercials.
Photography and Filming Request Form
Note: This is NOT an "on-line" form, it must be submitted
in Hardcopy, via FAX, or as an email attachment.
Still Photography
A permit for still photography is required for activities on National
Forest System lands, in situations that:
· Promote or advertise a product or service using actors, models,
sets, or props that are not part of the site’s natural or cultural
resources or administrative facilities, or
· Create an image for commercial sale by using sets or props.
A permit may be required for still photography activities not involving
actors, models, sets, or props when:
· They take place in areas where the general public is not allowed,
or,
· In situations in which the Forest Service would incur additional
administrative costs to either permit or monitor the activity.
Commercial photographers should contact the Forest Service as early as
possible and advise them of their proposed activity to determine whether
or not a permit or fees are required.
Commercial Filming: Motion Pictures, Television Locations, Commercial
Videos
A special use permit is required for all Motion Pictures, Feature Films,
Television Locations, and Commercial Videos and Documentaries that use
actors, models, sets or props and etc.
Permits are not required for filming activities, such as:
· News, and gathering of news related stories.
· Other types of documentaries not requiring the use of actors,
models, sets, or props.
A filming project or commercial still photography proposal or
application can be denied when:
· There is a likelihood of unacceptable resource damage
· There would be unreasonable disruption of the public use and
enjoyment of the area impacted
· The activity poses health or safety risks to the public
In these situations the Forest Service will help to identify alternative
locations or ways to modify the proposed activities in order to mitigate
the reason(s) for denying the application
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