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Fine Print News
FPI prints for ILCP
FPI moves to green power
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NANPA Clarifies Proposed Regulations for Photographing on Federal Land
NANPA has been following the progress of proposed Interior Department regulations under Public Law 106-206 following the House Natural Resources Committee hearing held on the issue in December. NANPA's President, Kathy Adams Clark, had an email exchange with Lee Dickinson, Special Parks Uses Program Manager for the National Parks Service. That exchange is included below for your information and clarification.
Q: Is the proposed rule's intent to standardize procedures and the collection of fees for Department of Interior (DOI) agencies?
A: The intent is to provide uniform criteria where a permit will probably be needed. Since the Federal lands are so different, there are occasions where one agency might require a permit when another would not. One example that is cited frequently is wedding photography. On most BLM land a permit would not be needed. But at the Lincoln Memorial, a national park unit here in DC, a permit would be needed to try to avoid conflict between our many visitors and other permitted activities such as marathons, walk-a-thons, rallies and demonstrations. Location fees would be uniform between the agencies, based on a location fee schedule that is still being developed. Location fees only apply if a permit is needed. The more people associated with the photography activity and the more days the activity uses Federal lands, the higher the location fee. Cost recovery would be based on the actual cost to the agency of processing and monitoring the activity.
Q: Will the criteria that trigger a photography permit change?
A: If a person is using models, sets, or props, requesting special access, etc., they would need a permit. The law and the subsequent regulation really just uses the criteria that were included in Secretary Lujan's memo back in the early 1990s. Again, most photographers should not need a permit.
Q: Will this rule in any way affect the amateur photographer entering DOI land and photographing for their own enjoyment?
A: It does not matter whether the individual considers themselves a talented amateur or a professional. If they enter the park, remain in areas open to the public and do not use models, sets or props, they will not need a permit. Additionally, there are sometimes restrictions that apply to all photographers. For example, in a historic building managed by the National Park Service, we frequently don't allow tripods, since the space is limited and the tripod presents a trip hazard to others. That's not a restriction on professional photographers, but photographers in general. If a person wanted to use a tripod in this situation, they would probably need to apply for a permit and shoot their shot before or after public hours so as not to interfere with other visitors.
Q: Would this rule affect a professional photographer entering DOI land and photographing if they were not using models, props, sets, requesting special access, etc.? For example, if someone shot photographs from a car or on trails in a wildlife refuge for possible use in an upcoming book.
A: Same answer as above. If a photographer is a visitor to a park, they don't need a permit. A permit is required when special circumstances kick in, such as models, sets or props, or requesting access to a closed area. If you wanted to get a picture of the sun rising over the dunes at White Sands National Memorial, a photographer would need a permit, because the park does not open until 8 am.
Q: Would this rule affect a professional photographer shooting a story for a magazine if they were not using models, props, sets, requesting special access, etc.?
A: Same answer as above.
Q: Did the proposed rule pass?
A: The regulation that appeared in the Federal Register was a draft regulation open for public comment. The job now is to take the public comments received and discuss them, either incorporating the suggested changes into the draft, or drafting a response to the comment explaining why the comment was not adopted. We received about 50 comments. The process will take at least six months, and involve folks from three agencies and the Department of the Interior.
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Green Power
Expressing our passion for doing things right
Through our 32 years of working with wildlife and nature photographers as well as artists, Fine Print has long held a special reverence for and commitment to, the natural world.
As part of that commitment, we switched to 100 % green power for our energy needs as of May, 2007. In making this commitment, we have also become an EPA Green Power Partner and joined a growing list of companies across the country who are dedicated to reducing air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions through the use of renewable energy resources rather than fossil fuels.
We are proud to be one of 3 companies in Fort Collins and 26 in Colorado currently listed as Green Power Partners and are confident that the number will only continue to grow in the coming months and years .
What is green power?
The term “green power” describes electricity that is generated from renewable energy sources with low environmental impacts. EPA’s Green Power Partnership uses green power definitions developed by the Green-e renewable energy certification program. Administered by the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions, Green -e is the most widely accepted green power standard in the marketplace. In general, Green-e eligible resources include:
*Wind Energy
*Solar Electric
*Geothermal
*Biomass: organic material, including wood and wood waste, agricultural residues (plant
and animal waste), methane from landfills and digester gas (but excluding the burning of municipal solid waste)
*Eligible hydro-electric power (30MW or less, or hydro-electric power that is certfied by the Low-Impact Hydro Institute)
Interested in finding out more?
Fine Print Provides Printing for ILCP Exhibit
Fine Print Imaging provided some of the printing and framing services for the International League of Conservation Photographer’s traveling exhibit, “A Field Guide to Life on Earth,” which most recently was on display at the International Conservation Caucus Foundation event on September 19, 2006.
In a recent newsletter, ILCP executive director Christina Mittermeier wrote, “In April, several ILCP Fellows and I participated in the Telluride Mountain Film Festival. In addition to a panel presentation, we had an exhibit at the Telluride Mountain Gallery. This exhibit gave birth to the idea of ILCP having a representative body of work that can be deployed to various venues. To date the ILCP exhibit has 20-framed prints. We received an anonymous donation that allowed me to print and frame a few of the pieces; others were donated already framed, and others still were printed and framed as a donation of our generous partner, Fine Print Imaging. The resulting collection represents a broad spectrum of individual interests and our joint vision for conservation.”
The first official venue to exhibit this collection was the launching event of the International Conservation Caucus Foundation. This is a Foundation created to support the work of a bipartisan group of 130+ members of the US House and Senate who are interested in
conservation issues. The event featured an award to actor Harrison Ford and a recognition to ILCP Fellow Nick Nichols. The gala event was held at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium and attended by some 500 people. The WILD Foundation generously invited several photographers to participate in this event, among them, Robert Glenn Ketchum and Gary Braasch.
The next request to exhibit this collection comes from the Outdoor Telluride Mountain Film Festival in Florida this coming November.
The Massachusetts Audubon Society in Boston has also requested that this exhibit be shown at their museum. The collection will be exhibited from February 2 to April 22, 2007.
The International Conservation Caucus was founded in September 2003 by Representatives Clay Shaw (R-FL), John Tanner (D-TN), Ed Royce (R-CA), and Tom Udall (D-NM) with a commitment to helping the United States lead public and private international partnerships that provide stewardship of natural resources for habitat and bio-diversity protection, poverty reduction, economic development and regional security.
"The Members of the International Conservation Caucus share a conviction that the United States of America has the opportunity, the obligation and the interests to advance the conservation of natural resources for this and future generations. The mission of the Caucus is to act on this conviction by providing the strong U.S. leadership necessary to conserve the world's most biologically rich and diverse places."
For more information on the International League of Conservation Photographers, visit www.ilcp.com.
Archived Fine Print Imaging Newsletters
Spring 2006