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 |