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Disclaimer for External Links

The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Agriculture of the linked web sites, or the information, products or services contained therein. Unless otherwise specified, the Department does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. All links are provided with the intent of meeting the mission of the Department and the Forest Service web site. Please let us know about existing external links you believe are inappropriate and about specific additional external links you believe ought to be included.

Disclaimer of Liability

With respect to documents available from this server, neither the United States Government nor any of its employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.

Nondiscrimination Notice

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic informaiton, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individuals' income is derived from any public assistance program. (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 to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Disclaimer of Non-endorsement

Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

Security Notice

Information from this server resides on a computer system funded by the VA. The use of this system may be monitored for computer security purposes. Any unauthorized access to this system is prohibited and is subject to criminal and civil penalties under Federal Laws including but not limited to Public Laws 83-703 and 99-474.

Weather

Weather presented through USDA Forest Service sites is public domain and derived from data from the National Weather Service. The USDA Forest Service is not responsible for the accuracy of this data.

Electronic Commenting and Emails from the Public

If you submit an e-letter or e-comment please be aware that if your e-mail is blocked for any of the reasons outlined below you WILL NOT receive notification that it has failed to reach your intended recipient. When sending attachments or large files and are uncertain if your e-mail meets the accepted critieron, please contact the recipient to make sure it has been received. When specifically commenting up on NEPA documents, you should contact the appropriate Forest Service office by phone or in person to ensure that the e-mail was received.

The Forest Service has protections and filters in place to prevent spam and malware-bearing messages from infecting our computer systems. The kinds of messges that are blocked include:

• messages pretending to be from the Forest Service or from certain popular ISPs, but that are not sent from expected relay hosts,
• Do Not Reply e-mail addresses or e-mails from non-Forest Service or non-Forest Service contract email addresses,
• e-mails containing attachments that are potentially viruses, worms or other infectious problems,
• e-mail from host machines or domains that are known to be spammers.

The Forest Service locally maintains a set of filters that block senders and hosts based on user complaints and reports of spam. Filters are applied at several stages of the e-mail reception process. The following attachment types are blocked at the SMTP mail gateways:

.zip files are not quarantined unless they meet one of the following conditions:

• contain a file type from the above list
• are password protected, which prevents the contents from being examined.

Additionally, e-mail messages that are 20 mb or larger should be FTP'd to the intended recipient. External e-mail messages can only be 20 mb or less. This size limit includes the whole email message and not just attachments. If a large file needs to be sent by FTP, call the recipient for instructions on FTPing to the Forest Service.

Filters employ multiple criteria, which prevents e-mails from being considered spam for meeting only one criteria for being considered spam.

Because delivery to the actual sender cannot be assured the Forest Service declines to send any notice of non-delivery to any sender.