Accessibility, Site Policies, and Public Notices

Texas A&M Forest Service is committed to making its website accessible to all users. This statement applies to all pages beginning with “texasforestservice.tamu.edu” or “txforestservice.tamu.edu”, “tfsweb.tamu.edu”, or “tfs.tamu.edu”.

To make the site more accessible, we include several features designed to improve accessibility for users with disabilities. Some of these features include:

• A descriptive text equivalent is provided for images and other non-text elements
• Summary text for all articles and content
• Formatting our website in such a way to ensure seamless navigation by screen reading technology

We are continually in the process of making sure that major reports and other publications that are on the Website are generally available in HTML or other accessible formats. When publishing a document in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), our goal is to also provide an accessible alternative.

Texas A&M Forest Service is committed to making its website accessible according to the standards set forth by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). To improve the accessibility of our website, we perform site validation testing and it is our goal to achieve the highest level of accessibility possible. Texas A&M Forest Service welcomes comments on how to improve the site’s accessibility for users with disabilities. If you use assistive technology and the format of any material on our website interferes with your ability to access the information, please contact the Texas A&M Forest Service Webmaster. To enable us to respond in a manner most helpful to you, please indicate the nature of your accessibility problem, the preferred format in which to receive the material, the Web address of the requested material, and your contact information.

Additional information about accessibility programs in Texas is available from the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities. If you have any questions, comments, requests, suggestions, or complaints, please contact our Webmaster.

Texas A&M Forest Service is committed to maintaining this website in full compliance with all applicable copyright laws and encourages organizations and individuals that link to this website to comply also. This statement applies to all pages within “tfs.tamu.edu”.

If you have any copyright-related questions or concerns regarding material of any kind on this Website, please contact our Webmaster.

Texas A&M Forest Service provides content on the agency website and other Texas A&M Forest Service websites in support of two of its key functions of “providing accurate, science-based information and building the capacity of others.” Texas A&M Forest Service invites visitors to use its online content for personal, educational, and other non-commercial purposes. By using the Texas A&M Forest Service websites and content, you accept and agree to abide by the following terms.

Texas A&M Forest Service welcomes you to make fair use of the content as defined by copyright law. Information on United States copyright fair use law is available from the United States Copyright Office. Please note that you are responsible for determining whether your use is fair and for responding to any claims that may arise from your use.

In addition, Texas A&M Forest Service allows personal, educational, and other non-commercial uses of the content on the following terms:

You must comply with all terms or restrictions other than copyright (such as trademark, publicity and privacy rights, or contractual restrictions) as may be specified in the metadata or as may otherwise apply to the content.

You must cite the author and source of the content as you would material from any printed work.

You must also cite and link to, when possible, the Texas A&M Forest Service website as the source of the content.

You may not remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices including attribution information, credits, and notices, that are placed in or near the text, images, or data.

Texas A&M Forest Service provides information via this Website as a public service. PLEASE NOTE that users of this Website are responsible for checking the accuracy, completeness, timeliness and/or suitability of all information themselves. Texas A&M Forest Service makes no representations, guarantees, or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, currency, or suitability of the information provided via this Website. Texas A&M Forest Service specifically disclaims any and all liability for any claims or damages that may result from Texas A&M Forest Service providing the website or the information it contains, including any websites maintained by third parties that link to the Texas A&M Forest Service site or that the Texas A&M Forest Service site links to. Texas A&M Forest Service makes no effort to independently verify, and does not exert editorial control over, information on pages outside of the “texasforestservice.tamu.edu” or “txforestservice.tamu.edu”, “tfsweb.tamu.edu”, or “tfs.tamu.edu” domains.

Texas A&M Forest Service does not endorse any of the products, vendors, consultants, or documentation referenced in this website, and any such link or other reference is for informational purposes only.

If you have any questions, please contact our Webmaster.

Texas A&M Forest Service follows The Texas A&M University System Online Privacy Standard.