U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q16. Compared with other conservation programs that attempt to achieve long-term soil conservation, how effective, if at all, are HELC provisions in your county? |
Much more effective (percent) | More effective (percent) | About the same (percent) | Less effective (percent) | Much less effective (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 4.2 | 31.3 | 33.3 | 29.2 | 2.1 | 48 |
Arkansas | 3.0 | 24.2 | 39.4 | 24.2 | 9.1 | 33 |
California | 0.0 | 33.3 | 4.8 | 38.1 | 23.8 | 21 |
Colorado | 2.6 | 26.3 | 36.8 | 21.1 | 13.2 | 38 |
Florida | 0.0 | 30.8 | 38.5 | 30.8 | 0.0 | 13 |
Georgia | 5.6 | 11.1 | 40.7 | 27.8 | 14.8 | 54 |
Iowa | 13.6 | 33.3 | 25.9 | 22.2 | 4.9 | 81 |
Idaho | 0.0 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 24.0 | 40.0 | 25 |
Illinois | 6.7 | 38.7 | 34.7 | 17.3 | 2.7 | 75 |
Indiana | 0.0 | 27.1 | 35.6 | 23.7 | 13.6 | 59 |
Kansas | 6.8 | 26.1 | 37.5 | 20.5 | 9.1 | 88 |
Kentucky | 2.9 | 34.3 | 38.6 | 20.0 | 4.3 | 70 |
Louisiana | 0.0 | 17.9 | 46.4 | 25.0 | 10.7 | 28 |
Maryland | 8.3 | 50.0 | 8.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 12 |
Michigan | 2.6 | 12.8 | 48.7 | 23.1 | 12.8 | 39 |
Minnesota | 0.0 | 13.3 | 30.0 | 41.7 | 15.0 | 60 |
Missouri | 4.1 | 26.0 | 50.7 | 15.1 | 4.1 | 73 |
Mississippi | 14.3 | 33.3 | 34.9 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 63 |
Montana | 2.3 | 25.6 | 39.5 | 18.6 | 14.0 | 43 |
North Carolina | 10.2 | 33.9 | 35.6 | 13.6 | 6.8 | 59 |
North Dakota | 0.0 | 22.9 | 37.5 | 29.2 | 10.4 | 48 |
Nebraska | 1.4 | 27.4 | 23.3 | 31.5 | 16.4 | 73 |
New Mexico | 9.5 | 23.8 | 28.6 | 23.8 | 14.3 | 21 |
New York | 2.7 | 29.7 | 32.4 | 27.0 | 8.1 | 37 |
Ohio | 0.0 | 27.8 | 31.5 | 29.6 | 11.1 | 54 |
Oklahoma | 0.0 | 15.3 | 39.0 | 32.2 | 13.6 | 59 |
Oregon | 0.0 | 18.8 | 50.0 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 16 |
Pennsylvania | 2.6 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 39 |
South Carolina | 4.2 | 20.8 | 41.7 | 20.8 | 12.5 | 24 |
South Dakota | 0.0 | 30.0 | 26.0 | 36.0 | 8.0 | 50 |
Tennessee | 7.5 | 35.8 | 37.7 | 11.3 | 7.5 | 53 |
Texas | 3.0 | 18.8 | 39.1 | 23.3 | 15.8 | 133 |
Utah | 0.0 | 10.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 10 |
Virginia | 5.3 | 26.3 | 39.5 | 21.1 | 7.9 | 38 |
Washington | 5.0 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 30.0 | 20.0 | 20 |
Wisconsin | 1.9 | 28.8 | 26.9 | 28.8 | 13.5 | 52 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 14.3 | 52.4 | 28.6 | 4.8 | 21 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 3.6 | 27.3 | 34.5 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 55 |
All States | 4.0 | 26.3 | 35.3 | 23.6 | 10.8 | 1,785 |