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Privacy/Legal
Privacy/Policy | Disclaimer
for External Links | Disclaimer of Liability
| Nondiscrimination Notice | Disclaimer
of Non-endorsement | Security Notice |
Weather
Privacy Policy
1. This website is provided as a public service by the USDA
Forest Service.
2. 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.
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.
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.
5. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other
attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
Raw data logs are used for no other purposes than those stated in
this notice.
6. 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.
7. If you have any questions or comments about the information
presented here, please forward them to us:
USDA Forest Service
FOIA/PA Office (wo_foia@fs.fed.us)
Phone: 730-605-4913
or use the Comment
Form at the USDA Forest Service National Headquarters.
8. To protect your privacy, this site does not use persistent "cookies."
Example: Information Collected from
the USDA Forest Service Website for Statistical Purposes
Below is an example of the information collected based on
a standard request for a World Wide Web document:
xxx.yyy.com - - [28/Jan/1997:00:00:01 -0500] "GET
/news/nr012797.html HTTP/1.0" 200 16704 Mozilla 3.0/www.altavista.digital.com
xxx.yyy.com (or 123.123.23.12) - this is the
host name (or IP address) associated with the requester (you
as the visitor). In this case, (.com) the requester is coming
from a commercial address. Depending on the requester's method
of network connection, the host name (or IP address) may or
may not identify a specific computer. Connections via many
Internet Service Providers assign different IP addresses for
each session, so the host name identifies only the ISP. The
host name (or IP address) will identify a specific computer
if that computer has a fixed IP address.
[28/Jan/1997:00:00:01 -0500] - this is the date
and time of the request
GET /news/nr012797.html HTTP/1.0 - this is the
location of the requested file on the web server
200 - this is the status code - 200 is OK -
the request was filled
16704 - this is the size of the requested file
in bytes
Mozilla 3.0 -- this identifies the type of browser
software used to access the page, which indicates what design
parameters to use in constructing the pages
www.altavista.digital.com - this indicates the
last site the person visited, which indicates how people find
our site
Requests for other types of documents use similar information.
No personally-identifying information is collected.
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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 information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all
or part of an individual's 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 U.S. Government computer
system. 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.
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