Permits

Weddings: 

For information on weddings, click here 

Scattering of Human Cremains: 

To request the spreading of human cremains within the park: please call (707) 445-6547 or (707) 946-2409 

Filming 

Grizzly Creek Redwoods Park offers spectacular redwood scenery, making Cheatham Grove a popular place to film still shoots. A California State Parks Film Commission Permit is required. The California Film Commission (CFC) works in conjunction with Parks to permit these activities. 

Parks charge reimbursement fees in order to accommodate filming and to offset personnel costs. These fees are collected and returned to Parks by the CFC. The CFC provides its services, the location and the permit at no cost. 

To start the permitting process, the production company must call the State Park. The Park will then initiate a State Park required forms and will have the company begin a permit on-line with the California Film Commission 

The CFC’s website, has a State Permits tab that contains information about filming including insurance coverage, FAQ’s, basic Parks fees and the on-line filming permit system. 

The application from the production company will then go to the CFC. The CFC refers them to the Park representative in charge of film permits and provides them a contact name, email address and phone number for this representative. Once the application is reviewed by the CFC, a copy is emailed to the Park. Parks determines which fees and reimbursements to charge and notifies the CFC with fee details. 

The CFC finalizes the permit and creates an invoice based on the fees assigned by the Park. The CFC collects the fees and issues the final permit. A copy of both is forwarded to the Park and to the accounting office for Parks. 

Filming with Drones:
Drone use is limited by threatened and endangered species. Generally drone filming could start as early as September 16 and ends February 1.
 
There are additional hour restrictions for any drone filming, earliest start is 2 hours after sunrise, and must be completed for day 2 hours before sunset.
 
If you should decide to pursue drone filming in the park, the following are required to be submitted directly to California State Parks (very much the same documents submitted to CFC):
FAA Remote Pilot certificate / license
UAS Registration certificate
Copy of your CFC UAS Questionnaire
Flight plan (location/groves identified with map) 

Please note the CFC requires a minimum of 4 business days to process applications. 

Additional information:
For any filming in the forest groves, walking or setting up on/in redwood sorrel (the clover looking ground cover) you will be required to provide enough plywood sheets to adequately protect vegetation. If your talent and crew is walking and setting up exclusively on trails or “brown” areas of the park, plywood boards are not required. (e.g. camera tripod setup in redwood sorrel requires plywood for tripod and camera operator). 

Please note: The film average approval process takes 3 weeks. Turn-around shorter than that incurs additional fees. 

Contact (707) 946-1801 to reach Supervising Ranger Thomas Valterria 

Tribal Gathering Permits

For information about Tribal Gathering permits, click here.

Scientific Research and Collecting Permits

For information about Scientific Research and Collecting Permits, click here.