U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q87--1999:. In your county, about how many total acres of wetlands were granted minimal effects exemptions for agricultural purposes in 1999?

  Mean Minimum Maximum Median Number of respondents
Alabama 1.0 1 1 1 1
Arkansas 2.0 2 2 2 1
California . . . . 0
Colorado 20.0 20 20 20 1
Florida . . . . 0
Georgia 1.0 1 1 1 1
Idaho . . . . 0
Illinois 2.3 1 5 1 3
Indiana 2.2 1 4 2 6
Iowa 1.9 1 6 1 8
Kansas 2.2 1 5 1 5
Kentucky . . . . 0
Louisiana 2.0 2 2 2 1
Maryland 1.0 1 1 1 2
Michigan . . . . 0
Minnesota 23.0 1 300 2 15
Mississippi 1.0 1 1 1 1
Missouri 174 1 830 20 5
Montana 3.5 2 5 4 2
Nebraska 8.1 1 30 5 17
New Mexico . . . . 0
New York 5.0 5 5 5 1
North Carolina 1.5 1 2 2 2
North Dakota 28.3 1 125 5 11
Ohio 3.0 1 5 3 3
Oklahoma . . . . 0
Oregon . . . . 0
Pennsylvania . . . . 0
South Carolina . . . . 0
South Dakota 17.5 2 75 14 24
Tennessee . . . . 0
Texas 3.0 1 5 3 3
Utah . . . . 0
Virginia 3.0 3 3 3 1
Washington 3.0 3 3 3 1
West Virginia . . . . 0
Wisconsin 1.7 1 5 1 6
States with fewer than 15 respondents 1.3 1 2 1 4
All States 17.7 1 830 3 125