Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I congratulate authors on terrific paper. Detailed comments are provided in the pdf document. Here are some general notes:

·       The paper is interesting and the topic is appropriate to SI scope.

·        Please consider discussing your results with studies from other countries / continents to make paper more interesting and relevant for international readers

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

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Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

As notted in my comments on the manuscript, some background and discussion is needed regarding those landowners with forest management plans.  What are they? How are they developed? Are they approved by a State Agency? How might a plan complement the certification process? Are there incentives for having a plan? (e.g. in Vermont forest land with an approved plan are taxed at a lower rate).  Also, suggest authors discuss the implications of their research in regards to developing incentives and reducing barriers to certification. 

Author Response

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Author Response File: Author Response.pdf