About the Authors

Randy Swaty

rswaty@tnc.org

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Marquette, Michigan, United States of America

Kori Blankenship

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Bend, Oregon, United States of America

Sarah Hagen

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Joseph Fargione

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jim Smith

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Jeannie Patton

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS KB JS JF. Performed the experiments: RS KB SH. Analyzed the data: RS KB SH JF. Wrote the paper: RS KB JF JS JP.