U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q31. In your opinion, should USDA farm program participants be required to follow wetland conservation provisions on their land? |
Definitely yes (percent) | Probably yes (percent) | Neither yes nor no (percent) | Probably no (percent) | Definitely no (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 39.5 | 42.1 | 5.3 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 38 |
Arkansas | 39.5 | 47.4 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 38 |
California | 57.1 | 19.0 | 14.3 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 21 |
Colorado | 36.8 | 36.8 | 21.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 19 |
Florida | 69.0 | 20.7 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 29 |
Georgia | 47.9 | 33.3 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 48 |
Iowa | 53.9 | 36.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 76 |
Idaho | 47.6 | 47.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 |
Illinois | 72.6 | 17.8 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 73 |
Indiana | 53.4 | 34.5 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 58 |
Kansas | 42.7 | 41.5 | 4.9 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 82 |
Kentucky | 22.2 | 66.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 45 |
Louisiana | 64.1 | 28.2 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 39 |
Maryland | 60.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 15 |
Michigan | 73.9 | 19.6 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 46 |
Minnesota | 69.2 | 21.5 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 65 |
Missouri | 38.8 | 44.8 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 67 |
Mississippi | 51.0 | 41.2 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 51 |
Montana | 42.5 | 32.5 | 17.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 40 |
North Carolina | 50.0 | 41.1 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 56 |
North Dakota | 59.6 | 25.5 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 47 |
Nebraska | 60.3 | 26.5 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 68 |
New Mexico | 36.4 | 45.5 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 |
New York | 59.5 | 35.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 37 |
Ohio | 56.0 | 32.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 50 |
Oklahoma | 16.0 | 64.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 25 |
Oregon | 72.2 | 22.2 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18 |
Pennsylvania | 61.5 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26 |
South Carolina | 45.5 | 27.3 | 4.5 | 13.6 | 9.1 | 22 |
South Dakota | 52.9 | 27.5 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 51 |
Tennessee | 46.3 | 31.7 | 12.2 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 41 |
Texas | 45.1 | 40.2 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 102 |
Utah | 36.4 | 27.3 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 11 |
Virginia | 61.1 | 27.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 36 |
Washington | 50.0 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 22 |
Wisconsin | 92.2 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 51 |
West Virginia | 18.8 | 18.8 | 25.0 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 16 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 51.8 | 30.4 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 56 |
All States | 52.9 | 33.5 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 1,617 |