The purpose of the Barron County 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. Barron County Parks has no control over the format, content, or accuracy of any information found on any web site not a part of Barron County Parks's web site (specifically, any site not a part of the domains "www.parks.parks.co.barron.wi.us" or "www.parks.co.barron.wi.us"). Barron County 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 Barron County Parks web site. If a particular request is not granted, the requester may ask the Barron County 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 Barron County Parks web site.

Barron County 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 Barron County Parks's web site may provide links to web sites for:
  • Governmental and educational institutions
  • Organizations funded or created by Barron County Parks
  • Nonprofit neighborhood associations within Barron County Parks
  • Non-partisan web sites that encourage the informed and active participation of Barron County 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 Barron County Parks residents
  • Non-profit Barron County Parks business development organizations
  • Web guides providing information about Barron County Parks hotels, restaurants, retail stores and similar businesses
  • Local and regional media web sites
  • Organizations partnering with Barron County 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