Helpful Discussion Items to Facilitate a
Proposal for Photography or Filming Permit
On National Forest System Lands
Please contact the Forest Special Uses Lands Officer at the USDA Forest Service office on the Forest that you will be on.  Please go to www.fs.fed.us and follow the links to the National Forest in question.

1.	Date(s) proposed to be on the Forest
2.	Project Title: 
3.	Company (name, Tax ID/SS#, Address:, Office Phone, Cell Phone, FAX #, FedEx #)
4.	Primary Contact, Title & Phone and Backup Contact, Title & Phone: 
5.	Production Date(s) and Time: 
6.	Production description:
•	Type Film (Still Photography , Commercial, TV Movie,TV Episodic Feature, Music, Video  Corporate, Video,Other)
•	Proposed Location(s) (including size): 
•	Set Up (date, start/stop, # of people): 
•	Filming (date, start/stop, # of people): 
•	Breakdown and Restoration (date, start/stop, # of people): 
•	Alternate Filming Date: Parking (vehicles, equipment, aircraft): 
•	Staging (dressing rooms, catering, portable restrooms, etc.):
•	Stunts/Special Effects Proposed, be specific regarding Pyrotechnics, Hazardous Materials, Wild Animals, Aerial Stunts, Riparian Area
•	Special Request for Wilderness, Use of Aircraft, specific Weather conditions, Developed Recreation Site, etc.)
•	Aircraft  (Tail #, Color, Make, Model, & Flight Path): 
•	Total number of people on location: 
7.	Description of Proposed Filming Activity (map of the area; story boards and photos as needed; the proposed ground disturbing activities)
8.	Description of Equipment (Generators, Cars, Trucks, RV's,etc); 
•	Action involving vehicles and/or equipment
•	Props proposed
•	Traffic and safety control/special closures measures needed (obtain written permission or permit to use improvements not owned by/under the jurisdiction of the United States Government, i.e. structures, roadways, etc. and provided a copy to the Forest Service):

NOTE:  When your application has been accepted, the Forest Service will identify the fees necessary to issue the permit.  Processing fees and land use fees must be paid prior to the issuance of a permit.

Link to Cost Recovery Fee Schedule (36 CFR 251.58) :  http://www.fs.fed.us/specialuses/special-cost-recovery.shtml