The USFS Chief went on NPR and everywhere else that would listen and stated clearly---though not in these words--- that all normal personal photographic activities(vacation photos, personal projects, scientific research)were automatically allowed without special permits as they always have been.
The new[update: not new, the language has been in place for several years], seemingly all-encompassing language may have been an attempt to more strictly regulate commercial users who are presently skirting the rules, or just bureaucratic bungling.
Diglloyd's blog (the free part) has gone a bit 'black helicopter' over this.