U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q87--1998:. In your county, about how many total acres of wetlands were granted minimal effects exemptions for agricultural purposes in 1998?

  Mean Minimum Maximum Median Number of respondents
Alabama 1.0 1 1 1 2
Arkansas 5.0 5 5 5 1
California . . . . 0
Colorado . . . . 0
Florida 3.0 3 3 3 1
Georgia 2.0 2 2 2 1
Idaho 1.0 1 1 1 1
Illinois 3.0 1 5 3 5
Indiana 1.8 1 3 1 5
Iowa 1.7 1 5 1 7
Kansas 2.3 1 5 1 3
Kentucky . . . . 0
Louisiana . . . . 0
Maryland . . . . 0
Michigan . . . . 0
Minnesota 2.5 1 4 2 10
Mississippi 3.5 2 5 4 2
Missouri 121 2 350 10 3
Montana 2.0 2 2 2 2
Nebraska 7.9 1 22 5 13
New Mexico . . . . 0
New York 2.0 2 2 2 2
North Carolina . . . . 0
North Dakota 23.4 3 84 9 8
Ohio 2.0 2 2 2 1
Oklahoma . . . . 0
Oregon . . . . 0
Pennsylvania . . . . 0
South Carolina 1.0 1 1 1 1
South Dakota 22.3 2 80 12 27
Tennessee . . . . 0
Texas 4.7 1 10 3 3
Utah 40.0 40 40 40 1
Virginia 1.0 1 1 1 1
Washington 1.0 1 1 1 1
West Virginia . . . . 0
Wisconsin 2.5 1 10 1 6
States with fewer than 15 respondents 1.5 1 2 2 2
All States 13.1 1 350 3 109