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Welcome

Welcome to TreeLink. This website was designed with an ethic to be inclusive, and created as a clearinghouse for information-sharing, networking and outreach in Urban and Community Forestry. We respectfully request that you will use the information we provide in the spirit in which it is presented.

We are committed to defining what a dot-org should be, by bringing you a rich, flexible and comprehensive resource database. However, people are not unlike the plants around them, as diverse and human with strengths and incongruities. We pledge to provide you with the highest quality information we can gather. We can't promise infallibility, but we pledge to build excellence on this dynamic website.

We believe that networking is a fast, efficient and powerful way to share information with others, and a great way to learn, so we work hard to link you with the finest resources in Urban and Community Forestry. We package multiple sources of information and a wide variety of viewpoints, but it's up to you to accept or reject the advice of other web locations.

Thanks for visiting TreeLink.

The following terms and conditions are important things that you should know before using or accessing www.TreeLink.org. By using our site, you agree to the following legal rules and conditions.

The Legal Side

Privacy
TreeLink is committed to providing helpful information about Urban and Community Forestry. As a national non-profit organization, we assure you we take our responsibility to safeguard your privacy seriously. When a visitor arrives at TreeLink, our server logs information which can help TreeLink administer and evaluate user trends to determine what pages are most popular and where to improve our services.

E-mail addresses and postal addresses that are voluntarily provided to TreeLink may be used to send you helpful information about Urban and Community Forestry. If you do not wish to receive information, you may request that your e-mail address be removed from our mailing lists. Please notify us by email, phone or letter to TreeLink by using the contact information provided below.

Copyrights
Contents of TreeLink may only be reproduced, stored or transferred electronically for personal, community or sponsorship use. Reference must be given to TreeLink and any other authors, where applicable. Images and photographs may not be reproduced, stored, made available, or transmitted without the express permission of TreeLink. None of the information or images on the TreeLink web site may be resold in any manner, including restricted or commercial on-line systems, without the express permission of TreeLink.

User Submissions
By offering a submission to the TreeLink website, the user agrees that his or her submission does not violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, or other personal or proprietary right(s), and that his or her submission does not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material. Users are solely responsible for the content of any submissions, and TreeLink accepts no responsibility for the validity of user submissions posted on our site.

Links
TreeLink does not control the availability or service of any link to an external service or resource contained on the site. Any problems with external links should be directed to that external service or resource. Links to web sites outside of the TreeLink web site are for the convenience of the user and do not constitute an official endorsement or approval by TreeLink of any private sector web site, public sector web site, product or service. TreeLink does not exercise editorial control over the information you may find at these locations, nor is TreeLink responsible for the content of these sites.

Trademarks
TreeLink and iTreeBank! are registered trademarks of TreeLink in the United States and in other countries. In no way can TreeLink's trademarks be used in connection with any product or service that does not belong to TreeLink without the express permission of TreeLink.

Intellectual Property Rights
The underlying HTML, text, and other content made available to you on the TreeLink web site is protected by copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and does not convey or create any license or other rights in such proprietary rights. You may download the content on this web site only for your personal use and for non-commercial purposes only.

Disclaimer
This site and all the contents are provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. You acknowledge, by your use of this site, that your use of this site is at your sole risk, that you assume full responsibility for all costs associated with all necessary servicing or repairs of any equipment you use in connection with your use of this site, and that TreeLink shall not be liable for any damages of any kind related to your use of this site.

Nondiscrimination Notice
TreeLink prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation and marital or family status.

Security
TreeLink safeguards your personal information in a controlled, secure environment protected from unauthorized access or disclosure.