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Bernardo
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PostMon Nov 06, 2017 9:45 pm 
Is it permitted to set up trail cameras in a national park? I came across one deep in the woods. Could a private citizen set up such a camera legally? I would guess no, but perhaps someone might know the rule that applied. A different, but related question. What activities are permitted that the average person might think are verbotten?

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PostTue Nov 07, 2017 11:37 am 
Bernardo wrote:
Is it permitted to set up trail cameras in a national park? I came across one deep in the woods.
Olympic NP & NF have a network of off-trail cameras to monitor wildlife, scent-baited to attract and count fishers and marten. Link to report. Olympic NF has a few on-trail cameras to count visitation.
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Could a private citizen set up such a camera legally?
Not for longer than 24 hours without a permit. National Parks: 36 CFR §2.2(a) "Property: The following are prohibited... (2) Leaving property unattended for longer than 24 hours..." National Forests: 36 CFR §261.10(e) "The following are prohibited... (e) Abandoning any personal property." (It may be arguable whether a camera, geocache or cached gear is "abandoned", but many NFs also have more specific regs on this, esp. within wilderness.)

"of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt" - John Muir "the wild is not the opposite of cultivated. It is the opposite of the captivated” - Vandana Shiva
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PostTue Nov 07, 2017 11:54 am 
It would be interesting to watch NP personnell watching everyone else.

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