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The following terms and conditions exist regarding the use of information
from the Montana Natural Heritage Program (MTNHP):
- The information provided to you by MTNHP is intended for
distribution or use only within your department, agency, or business.
Subcontractors may have access to these data during the course of any
given project, but should not be given a copy for their use on subsequent,
unrelated work. Duplication of hard-copy or digital MTNHP products with
the intent to sell is prohibited without written consent by MTNHP. Should
you be asked by individuals outside your organization for the type of
data that we provide, please refer them to MTNHP.
- As a professional courtesy, we ask that you acknowledge
MTNHP as a source of your information whenever you use MTNHP data in
your reports, papers, publications, or in maps that incorporate MTNHP
graphic elements.
- MTNHP databases are dynamic. We add, delete, and change
records on a daily basis; consequently, we strongly advise that you
update your MTNHP data sets every six months for most applications of
our information. .
- MTNHP data require a certain degree of biological expertise
for proper analysis, interpretation, and application. Our staff is available
to you by phone to advise you in the technical aspects of our data.
- MTNHP staff and contractors do not cross or survey privately-owned
lands without express permission from the landowner. However, the program
cannot guarantee that information provided to us by others was obtained
following the same rules.
- We do not portray our databases as exhaustive or comprehensive
inventories of rare species or of significant natural features. Field
verification of the absence or presence of sensitive species will always
be an important obligation of users of our data.
- Sources of our data include museum specimens, published
and unpublished scientific literature, field surveys, and knowledgeable
individuals. We actively solicit and encourage additions, corrections
and updates, new observations or collections, and comments on any of
the data we provide.
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