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user-inactivated  ·  3740 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The U.S. Forest Service Wants to Fine You $1,000 for Taking Pictures in the Forest

Saw this a couple days ago and my points were a) I don't trust Esquire at all, and b) the Forest Service is the only government agency I like -- so there's almost certainly more to the story.

Also the headline is blatantly misleading; the fines will be levied on journalists. This is still a little bit strange, but I'm sure it'll get changed if the details are all accurate.





cgod  ·  3740 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They are rapidly backing away from this policy but the initial statements were pretty much what was reported.