{"id":6159,"date":"2018-02-07T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2024-09-23T22:50:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T04:50:21","slug":"owns-view-viral-video-poses-questions-blm-photography-permits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/owns-view-viral-video-poses-questions-blm-photography-permits\/","title":{"rendered":"Who owns the view? Viral video poses questions about BLM photography permits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u2014 Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com\u00a0\u2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;The camera equipment that we had was legit&#8230; long story short (BLM) pulled us off at the trail, brought us right to the BLM office and sat down with our team and I just tried to explain to them, look, I&#8217;ve been doing Easter Safari since &#8217;95. And, look guys, let&#8217;s be honest&#8230; the majority of us that are comin&#8217; out to Moab, this beautiful area to do video and film, we don&#8217;t pull permits because we think it&#8217;s a tough process.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his video below, Ryan Hagel, a professional videographer who does a lot of filming near Moab, Utah, takes an apologetic tone regarding being &#8216;caught&#8217; by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), having failed to go through proper permitting processes to record footage on BLM-managed lands. Hagel is conciliatory, and a little contradictory (<strong><em>&#8220;We think it&#8217;s a tough process&#8221;\u2013&#8221;the permit process is not hard&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>), but as a professional and supporter of federal lands management, he says &#8216;the permit process is not hard. It&#8217;s two pages, the cost, it&#8217;s not bad&#8230;&#8217; at $250 for each location.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan&#8217;s experience, however, brings up some serious questions about &#8216;who owns the view&#8217; in America&#8217;s outdoor spaces. Beyond video drones and other more complicated issues, Ryan&#8217;s case is one of simply visiting an area and taking pictures and\/or video footage. The BLM requires money\u2013and by most standards, $250 is a lot of money\u2013for a permit to record, chronicle, memorialize, or otherwise document the way a certain natural object or vista looks at a given time on a given day. If heavy equipment is required, or sets, large platforms or other structures need to be built in order to accommodate the video project, then perhaps a permitting process is justified. But how is simple videography or photography\u2013even if for commercial purposes\u2013the federal government&#8217;s business? How is this just? How is this practice, in itself, legal? Don&#8217;t public lands, after all, belong to everyone?<\/p>\n<p>Please share and leave your comments about this BLM policy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Gyh8Nxf9MBw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ryhagel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Video produced by Ryan Hagel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ryhagel\/videos\/10214535227955742\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Posted on Facebook by Ryan Hagel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The camera equipment that we had was legit&#8230; long story short (BLM) pulled us off at the trail, brought us right to the BLM office and sat down with our team and I just tried to explain to them, look, I&#8217;ve been doing Easter Safari since &#8217;95. And, look guys, let&#8217;s be honest&#8230; the majority of us that are comin&#8217; out to Moab, this beautiful area to do video and film, we don&#8217;t pull permits because we think it&#8217;s a tough process.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com\u00a0\u2014 &#8220;The camera equipment that we had was legit&#8230; long story short (BLM) pulled us off at the trail, brought us right to the BLM office and sat down with our team and I just tried to explain to them, look, I&#8217;ve been doing Easter Safari since &#8217;95. 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