The purpose of the Jackson County Forestry & Parks web site is to provide citizens, businesses and visitors a wide range of information about the County. As part of this public purpose, the web site includes links to outside web sites compatible with this goal. Jackson County Forestry & Parks has no control over the format, content, or accuracy of any information found on any web site not a part of Jackson County Forestry & Parks's web site (specifically, any site not a part of the domains "www.parks.jacksoncountyparks.us" or "www.jacksoncountyparks.us"). Jackson County Forestry & Parks is not responsible for, does not endorse, and cannot assure the accuracy of information on outside web sites.

The following criteria will be used in considering requests for links from the Jackson County Forestry & Parks web site. If a particular request is not granted, the requester may ask the Jackson County Forestry & Parks whether to approve the request. The department will review the merits of the requested link, keeping in mind the following criteria, to determine whether it serves the overall purpose of the Jackson County Forestry & Parks web site.

Jackson County Forestry & Parks reserves the right to determine how and where external links will appear on its web site; i.e. what page the link appears on and where the link is placed on the page.

The Jackson County Forestry & Parks's web site may provide links to web sites for:

• Governmental and educational institutions
• Organizations funded or created by Jackson County Forestry & Parks
• Nonprofit neighborhood associations within Jackson County Forestry & Parks
• Non-partisan web sites that encourage the informed and active participation of Jackson County Forestry & Parks residents in government
• Organizations providing the public with information or access to the arts, humanities, culture or education
• Nonprofit organizations providing employment, health and other services to Jackson County Forestry & Parks residents
• Non-profit Jackson County Forestry & Parks business development organizations
• Web guides providing information about Jackson County Forestry & Parks hotels, restaurants, retail stores and similar businesses
• Local and regional media web sites
• Organizations partnering with Jackson County Forestry & Parks to meet the County's strategic or operational goals

The County's web site will not provide links to web sites for:

• Candidates for local, state or federal offices
• Political organizations or other organizations advocating a position on a local, state or federal issue
• Corporate or other for-profit organizations unless they fit any of the criteria stated above
• Individual or personal home pages