| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q35. How often are decisions to grant wetland good faith exemptions by the Farm Service Agency county committees in your county properly supported? |
| Always or almost always (percent) | Most of the time (percent) | About half of the time (percent) | Some of the time (percent) | Never or almost never (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Arkansas | 66.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 6 |
| California | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 71.4 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
| Georgia | 40.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| Iowa | 0.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 26.7 | 33.3 | 15 |
| Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Illinois | 28.0 | 24.0 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 25 |
| Indiana | 38.5 | 23.1 | 15.4 | 7.7 | 15.4 | 13 |
| Kansas | 40.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| Kentucky | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 6 |
| Maryland | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Michigan | 54.5 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 11 |
| Minnesota | 31.1 | 44.4 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 45 |
| Missouri | 50.0 | 27.8 | 11.1 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 18 |
| Mississippi | 66.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 6 |
| Montana | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 66.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 6 |
| North Dakota | 45.0 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 20 |
| Nebraska | 36.0 | 32.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 25 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 16.7 | 6 |
| Ohio | 75.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Oklahoma | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Oregon | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 4 |
| South Carolina | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| South Dakota | 25.0 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 24 |
| Tennessee | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 6 |
| Texas | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 4 |
| Utah | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Virginia | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Washington | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 50.0 | 19.2 | 3.8 | 19.2 | 7.7 | 26 |
| West Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 33.3 | 50.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
| All States | 37.7 | 30.2 | 7.5 | 14.2 | 10.4 | 318 |