U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q30. In your opinion, compared with large wetlands in your county, how important is the protection of small wetlands?

  Much more important (percent) More important (percent) About the same (percent) Less important (percent) Much less important (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 2.7 8.1 45.9 18.9 24.3 37
Arkansas 5.9 14.7 38.2 14.7 26.5 34
California 0.0 22.7 59.1 9.1 9.1 22
Colorado 12.5 12.5 68.8 6.3 0.0 16
Florida 7.1 21.4 50.0 3.6 17.9 28
Georgia 5.9 11.8 51.0 19.6 11.8 51
Iowa 6.5 10.4 45.5 27.3 10.4 77
Idaho 4.3 21.7 43.5 13.0 17.4 23
Illinois 5.5 17.8 46.6 16.4 13.7 73
Indiana 5.5 14.5 40.0 34.5 5.5 55
Kansas 2.4 11.0 48.8 17.1 20.7 82
Kentucky 4.8 11.9 42.9 23.8 16.7 42
Louisiana 2.5 7.5 60.0 22.5 7.5 40
Maryland 0.0 0.0 64.3 35.7 0.0 14
Michigan 10.9 8.7 52.2 26.1 2.2 46
Minnesota 12.3 24.6 43.1 10.8 9.2 65
Missouri 3.1 10.8 40.0 24.6 21.5 65
Mississippi 2.0 19.6 47.1 15.7 15.7 51
Montana 0.0 39.5 36.8 18.4 5.3 38
North Carolina 5.8 23.1 51.9 13.5 5.8 52
North Dakota 10.9 19.6 43.5 19.6 6.5 46
Nebraska 4.5 16.4 55.2 14.9 9.0 67
New Mexico 10.0 0.0 60.0 20.0 10.0 10
New York 2.7 13.5 51.4 16.2 16.2 37
Ohio 0.0 13.7 45.1 31.4 9.8 51
Oklahoma 0.0 4.3 39.1 34.8 21.7 23
Oregon 0.0 23.5 70.6 0.0 5.9 17
Pennsylvania 11.1 22.2 48.1 11.1 7.4 27
South Carolina 0.0 4.8 38.1 33.3 23.8 21
South Dakota 7.8 25.5 47.1 11.8 7.8 51
Tennessee 5.0 5.0 42.5 40.0 7.5 40
Texas 3.1 8.2 53.6 22.7 12.4 97
Utah 18.2 0.0 45.5 36.4 0.0 11
Virginia 5.6 19.4 50.0 13.9 11.1 36
Washington 0.0 33.3 47.6 9.5 9.5 21
Wisconsin 9.8 27.5 45.1 9.8 7.8 51
West Virginia 6.3 12.5 37.5 25.0 18.8 16
States with fewer than 15 respondents 1.8 10.9 60.0 16.4 10.9 55
All States 5.0 15.4 48.1 19.5 11.9 1,588