Above, Crater Lake during the summer of 2017. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Want to risk a maximum $5,000 fine and six months in jail? Then use a drone at Crater Lake National Park.
Drone usage is illegal in all national parks, but there's been an increase in drone use at Crater Lake.
KATU reported:
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The use of drones is outlawed at national parks.
But the falling price and improving technology of what are officially known as unmanned aircraft have led to increase in the number buzzing over Oregon's only national park — Crater Lake.
Park superintendent Craig Ackerman tells the Statesman Journal they've become a problem, with drones buzzing over boat tours and creating other negative impacts.
The bottom line is: DON'T DO IT!
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