U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q87--2000:. In your county, about how many total acres of wetlands were granted minimal effects exemptions for agricultural purposes in 2000?

  Mean Minimum Maximum Median Number of respondents
Alabama 5.0 1 13 1 3
Arkansas 3.3 1 10 1 4
California . . . . 0
Colorado . . . . 0
Florida . . . . 0
Georgia . . . . 0
Idaho 1.0 1 1 1 1
Illinois 2.3 1 5 2 4
Indiana 1.8 1 3 2 5
Iowa 1.8 1 4 1 4
Kansas 2.8 1 5 3 4
Kentucky . . . . 0
Louisiana . . . . 0
Maryland 2.3 1 5 1 3
Michigan . . . . 0
Minnesota 3.4 1 8 3 13
Mississippi 8.3 1 25 4 4
Missouri 135 1 800 2 6
Montana 8.0 2 15 8 4
Nebraska 6.7 1 20 4 15
New Mexico . . . . 0
New York . . . . 0
North Carolina 1.0 1 1 1 1
North Dakota 19.4 1 130 5 12
Ohio 2.0 2 2 2 2
Oklahoma . . . . 0
Oregon . . . . 0
Pennsylvania 1.0 1 1 1 1
South Carolina . . . . 0
South Dakota 24.4 1 150 10 29
Tennessee . . . . 0
Texas 6.0 5 7 6 2
Utah . . . . 0
Virginia 2.0 2 2 2 1
Washington . . . . 0
West Virginia . . . . 0
Wisconsin 3.0 1 6 2 3
States with fewer than 15 respondents 1.5 1 2 2 2
All States 16.8 1 800 3 123