Privacy Notice

1. This website is provided as a public service by the Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service. Information presented on this website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise indicated. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credit is requested.
2. Information may be collected for site management statistical purposes. This computer system may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used solely to assess what information is of most and least interest, determine technical design specifications, and identify system performance or problem areas.
3. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. To protect your privacy, this site does not use persistent "cookies." Raw data logs are used for no other purposes than those stated in this notice.
4. Our computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage to ensure site security.
5. 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 1987 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.
6. If you have any questions or comments about the information presented here, please contact the webmaster.