Where To Find National Park Service Permits That Have Been Issued

Reservations

Group Tours

Ranger-guided tours for groups larger then x persons are available by reservation only, and are subject to staff availability.

Requests are accepted for group tours Midweek through Dominicus betwixt 10 am and iv pm. Please ship the request 10 business days in advance of the requested appointment to ensure there is staff to carry your plan. To request a ranger-guided tour for your grouping, fill out a Bout Asking Grade and submit information technology via email to e-mail us .

Field Trips and Education Programs

For more data about planning and reserving grade field trips and on-site education programming, delight visit the Programme a Field Trip page.

If you lot need boosted information or have any special requests regarding group tours or education programs, please contact usa a t (646)670-7251 or send united states of america an e-mail.

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Special Utilize Permits

A Special Use Permit is required for whatever activity that provides a benefit to an individual, grouping, or arrangement, rather than to the park or the public at big. Many of the events that crave permits also require some degree of oversight from National Park Service staff. For more information regarding special utilise and/or curt term leasing, contact the Business Management Plan at masi_special_park_use@nps.gov

View and impress the Permit Instructions and Requirements .

View and print the Safety Plan that must be submitted with your application

View and print the special use permit application

Filming

Changes to Commercial Filming Permits on Park Land

On January 22, 2021, the U.s. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision in Cost v. Barr determining the allow and fee requirements applying to commercial filming nether 54 USC 100905, 43 CFR Part 5, and 36 CFR Part 5.5 are unconstitutional. In response to the decision, the National Park Service issued interim guidance on Feb 22, 2021, to manage filming activities. Under the interim guidance, filming activities may require a let if they would touch park resources or the visitor experience. The National Park Service intends to update regulations addressing filming activities that are consistent with the outcome of Price v. Barr. In one case effective, those regulations will supersede and replace the interim guidance.

Those interested in commercial filming activities on state managed past the National Park Service are encouraged to contact the park directly for more information about filming in the park and to discuss how to minimize potential impacts to visitors and sensitive park resource.

Do I need a let to film?

Nether the interim guidance, the National Park Service is not distinguishing betwixt types of filming, such as commercial, not-commercial, or news gathering. Low-impact filming activities will not crave a special use permit, but non-depression-impact filming activities may require a permit to address their potential impacts on park resource and visitor activities.

Low-Impact Filming

"Low-impact filming' is divers as outdoor filming activities in areas open to the public, except areas managed as wilderness, involving v people or less and equipment that will exist carried at all times, except for small-scale tripods used to agree cameras. Those participating in depression-impact filming activities exercise not demand a permit and are not required to contact the park in advance. If low-impact filmers have questions about areas where they want to picture show, they should contact the park directly.

Videographers, filmers, producers, directors, news and other staff associated with filming are reminded that rules and regulations that apply to all park visitors, including park hours and closed areas, still apply to filming activities even if a allow is non required. Check with the park staff for more data on closures, sensitive resource, and other safety tips.

Non-Depression-Impact Filming

Filming activities that exercise not meet the clarification of low-bear on filming require at to the lowest degree ten days advance detect to the National Park Service by contacting the park straight in writing. The park's superintendent will determine whether the filming activities will require a special use allow for filming. Based on the information provided, a permit may be required to:

maintain public wellness and safety;
protect environmental or breathtaking values;
protect natural or cultural resources;
allow for equitable allocation or apply of facilities; or
avoid disharmonize among company use activities.

Examples of requests that may require a permit include, but are not express to: entering a sensitive resource area, filming in areas that crave tickets to enter, or filming in visitor centers, campgrounds, or other visitor areas. The decision to require a permit rests with the park superintendent based on potential impacts to park resources or the visitor feel.

Contact the park straight if unsure whether or not a filming action is considered depression-impact or may require a allow.

Are filmers all the same required to pay fees to film in parks?

Still Photography

When is a permit needed?

Still photographers require a permit only when:

the activity takes place at location(south) where or when members of the public are mostly not immune; or
the activity uses model(due south), sets(s), or prop(s) that are non a role of the location's natural or cultural resources or administrative facilities; or
a park would incur boosted administrative costs to monitor the action.

How do I apply for a permit?

What fees will I have to pay?

The National Park Service will collect a toll recovery accuse and a location fee for all the same photography permits. Price recovery includes an application fee and any additional charges to cover the costs incurred by the National Park Service in processing your asking and monitoring your permit. This amount will vary depending on the park and the size and complexity of your permit. The application fee must be submitted with your application.

In addition, the National Park Service has been directed by Congress to collect a fee to provide a off-white return to the The states for the apply of park lands. The National Park Service uses the following still photography fee schedule:

1–10 people - $50/day
eleven–xxx people - $150/twenty-four hour period
Over 30 people - $250/twenty-four hours

Are in that location other let requirements?

You may exist required to obtain liability insurance naming the United States every bit additionally insured in an amount commensurate with the hazard posed to park resources by your proposed activity. You may too exist asked to mail a bail to ensure the payment of all charges and fees and the restoration of the area if necessary.

What virtually photography workshops?

If you are planning a photography workshop, you lot may need a commercial use authorization. Run across the for more data.

Beginning Amendment Activities

We encourage citizens to exercise rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Notwithstanding, the courts have recognized that activities associated with the practise of these rights may be reasonably regulated to protect the public and park resource. Therefore, such First Amendment activities involving over 25 participants require Special Use Permits, and National Park Service staff may regulate the time, identify, and manner in which they are conducted. Some examples are:

distribution and/or sale of printed matter
religious services
public demonstrations or assemblies, etc.
collecting signatures for petitions

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