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Privacy and Security Notice
USDA
Privacy Policy
- This World Wide Web (WWW) site is provided as a public
service by the USDA Forest Service.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 ).
- If you have any questions or comments about the information
presented here, please forward them to us:
USDA Forest Service
FOIA/PA Office
Phone: 703-605-4913
Modified: September 5, 2001
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.
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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, sex, religion, age, disability,
political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family
status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require alternate 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, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410
or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportuntity
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.
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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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