I don't think I'm the only one that read it a different way especially with the quote from the senator
The permit plan, which has not been finalized yet, has already come under fire from photographers, First Amendment advocates, and policiticians.
“The Forest Service needs to rethink any policy that subjects noncommercial photographs and recordings to a burdensome permitting process for something as simple as taking a picture with a cell phone,” U.S. Sen Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) told the Oregonian. “Especially where reporters and bloggers are concerned, this policy raises troubling questions about inappropriate government limits on activity clearly protected by the First Amendment.”