Privacy/Security Notice
and Disclaimers
1. This World Wide Web (WWW) site is provided as a public
service by the USDA Forest Service.
2. Information presented on this WWW site is considered
public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of
appropriate byline/photo/image credit is requested.
3. For site management, information is collected for
statistical purposes. This government computer system uses
software programs to create summary statistics, which are
used for such purposes as assessing what information is of
most and least interest, determining technical design
specifications, and identifying system performance or
problem areas. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes
and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with
National Archives and Records Administration General
Records Schedule 20. No Privacy Act information, such as
name and address, is collected or used for this analysis.
4. For site security purposes and to ensure that this
service remains available to all users, this government
computer system employs software programs to monitor network
traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or
change information, or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized
attempts to upload information or change information on this
service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under
the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National
Information Infrastructure Protection Act. Information also
may be used for authorized law enforcement investigations.
Except for the above purposes, no other attempts are made to
identify individual users or their usage habits.
5. If you are commenting on a national forest management
issue through this WWW site, your comments and personally
identifying information may be made public pursuant to
established regulation; for example, 36
CFR 215.6. Similarly, if you are commenting about other
regulatory, legal, or administrative processes, your
comments and personally identifying information may be made
public (7
CFR Subpart B, Sec. 1.27.
6. If you have any questions or comments about the
information presented here, please forward them to us:
USDA Forest Service
FOIA/Privacy Staff
Phone: 703-605-4596
Disclaimers
This information service operates on a
U.S. Government computer system. This system is monitored to
ensure proper operation, to verify the functioning of
applicable security features, and for other like purposes.
Anyone using this system expressly consents to such
monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals
possible evidence of criminal activity, system personnel may
provide the evidence of such monitoring to law enforcement
officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change
information; to defeat or circumvent security measures; or
to utilize this system for other than its intended purposes
are prohibited.
USDA Nondiscrimination
Statement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and
activities on the basis of race, color, national origin,
gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual
orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all
prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for communication
of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape,
etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at 202-720-2600
(voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination,
write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W,
Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice or
TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
The use of trade, firm, or corporation
names in this page and linked publications is for the
information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not
constitute an official endorsement or approval by the United
States Department of Agriculture of any product or service
to the exclusion of others that may be suitable.
Every effort is made to provide
accurate and useful information. However, the U.S.
Government, U.S. Department of Agriculture, the USDA Forest
Service and their employees and contractors assume no legal
liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of
any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed
herein. Neither the U.S. Government, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, the USDA Forest Service, nor their employees
and contractors makes any warranty, express or implied,
including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for
a particular purpose with respect to documents or
information available from this server. All indirect,
consequential, implied, punitive and special damages are
deemed waived if you use the information on this web site in
any manner. The sole remedy is the price paid or, at the
seller's choice, replacement or repair of the defective
information.
This site contains links to other
Internet sites. These links are not endorsements of any
products or services in such sites, and no information in
such site has been endorsed or approved by the USDA Forest
Service.
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