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The Pinchot Institute for Conservation (Pinchot Institute) operates this website (the “Website”) for the education and personal use of our visitors (the “Users”). Use of this Website is conditioned on the User’s acceptance of all of these Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy and disclaimers set forth below. Use of this Website constitutes the User’s agreement to all those terms and conditions. If you cannot agree with all these terms, please exit this Website.

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Users may print or reproduce discrete portions of Pinchot Institute materials published on this site, for purposes of commentary or the User’s personal non-commercial use and enjoyment, so long as proper credit is given to the Pinchot Institute. No User is authorized to change the material or the meaning of the Pinchot Institute material. Use or review of this Website does not give any User a license or right under any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property or personal right of the Pinchot Institute or any third party. No Pinchot Institute trademark may be used in advertising or other commercial materials without the prior express permission of the Pinchot Institute. You also agree to observe the privacy of all other Users and not to use the personal information of any other User for any commercial, promotional, or other purpose.

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Copyright Violations: If you believe that any material on this website infringes your copyright, please notify us as follows, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). To notify us, the DMCA requires that you: 1. Send an email notice to the Pinchot Institute to esprague@allianceforthebay.org. 2. Include the following information in your email: a. Identify of the copyrighted work(s) you claim is infringed; b. Identify the material you claim is infringing the copyright(s), and give enough information for the Pinchot Institute to locate that material; c. Include a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf (the "Claimant"); d. Include the Claimant's name, address, and telephone number(s); e. Include a statement that the Claimant has a good faith belief that use of the disputed material is not authorized by the copyright owner or his agent; and f. Include a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification of copyright infringement is accurate and that the Claimant is the copyright owner or is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.