The photo permits for professionals in Denali are severely restricted and
not available to all that apply.
There is only one two lane road, around 90 miles long, in Denali and most of
the road traffic is for the park run tour busses. In some places there is
absolutely no place for a vehicle to park off road. The pros that do get
permits are restricted to having their vehicles off the road during specific
hours.
In the off season the park road is open for a short time to Alaska residents
and their vehicles.
Capitol Reef doesn't have the same limited road conditions as Denali.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve harley" <p...@paper-ape.com>
Subject: Re: OT More local photogs rights controversy
On 2010-08-26 08:05 , William Robb wrote:
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From: "Rob Studdert"
Subject: OT More local photogs rights controversy
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/26/2993756.htm
Not unusual. I've run into that a few times in National Parks in the
USA, though not Canada as of yet.
i did not know there were any such restrictions in US national parks, but
looking around i see for example in Denali there are special access
permits for professional photographers -- they allow use of a private
vehicle which is otherwise not permitted, so in contrast to a restriction,
this seems like special access that others don't get
<http://www.nps.gov/dena/parkmgmt/propho2.htm>
in Capitol Reef NP, Utah, i see a different type of rule -- only
commercial photography which may "interfere with normal park visitation"
requires a permit
<http://www.nps.gov/care/planyourvisit/comfilmphoto.htm>
obviously this is a small sample; are there national parks where
photography is restricted in less reasonable ways?
the situation is different on some US Native American reservations; for
example i have visited Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico; while this is a
beautiful natural area, and contains also amazing historic structures, it
is also still the active residence of a large number of people who also
collectively own the land; so i fully understand that camera permits are
required as a way to make sure Acoma has a contract with the photographer
making clear rights and responsibilities
in the case at hand, Ulura-Kata Tjuta National Park, seems to be a bit of
a hybrid -- respect for indigenous people is clearly the objective, but
the article questions whether the Australian government is the perfect
steward for that respect
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