Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Passes & Permits

A Special Use Permit is required for most commercial still photography and filming locations such as motion pictures and television commercials.

• Guidelines
• Locations / Constraints
• Contacts

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

US Forest Service - Columbia River Gorge NSA
Last Modified: Tuesday, 02 October 2007 at 17:04:34 EDT