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