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Date Use Guidelines and Restrictions Use of the Natural Heritage Central Database information provided by the Conservancy to the Service shall be governed by the following provisions. Any products derived from these data for distribution by the Service shall include these provisions printed at the beginning of the document: A. This data is the product of the Natural Heritage Central Database developed collaboratively by The Nature Conservancy and the Network of Natural Heritage Programs. Questions about interpretation of this information should be referred to The Nature Conservancy's International Headquarters (contact Leslie Honey at 703-247-3743) or the relevant State Natural Heritage Program (see Heritage Directory for contacts). The Nature Conservancy reserves all rights in data provided not expressly granted to the Service. All data are provided as is. The Conservancy makes no warranty as to the completeness or accuracy of any specific data. This data set represents current national- level data maintained by the Conservancy. Individual State Natural Heritage Programs maintain the most current state-level information and should be contacted directly for such information. B. The Service may use these data for its own internal purposes, and for studies and projects which it conducts or causes to have conducted on its behalf. The Service may not make duplicate electronic copies of the entire data set provided, but may provide to its regional or state offices paper or electronic copies of information on all taxa pertinent to that region or state. C. The data provided by the Conservancy are intended for the sole use of the Service. They are not to be redistributed to other agencies, organizations, companies, or individuals without prior written consent of the Conservancy. Outside requests that the Service receives for copies of the lists or other reports, or portions thereof, should be directed to the Conservancy or the appropriate State Natural Heritage Program. D. The databases from which this data set derives are being continuously updated. The Nature Conservancy recommends that this data not be used longer than one year after initial delivery, pending provision of updated data sets. E. In an effort to continue improving the quality and usefulness of these data, user feedback is requested. Please provide feedback on any errors of omission or commission detected in the data set provided. Feedback on global or national level data (e.g., GRANKs) should be provided to the Conservancy and feedback on state level data (e.g., SRANKs) should be provided to the appropriate State Natural Heritage Program. Such notification should be sent to: The Nature Conservancy, 1815 North Lynn Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209, Attn: Leslie Honey (1honey@tnc.org) or the appropriate State Natural Heritage Program (see Heritage Directory for addresses).