| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q39a. If you find a converted wetland on lands owned or operated by a USDA program participant, how often do you do the following?: Notify the person by sending a certified wetland determination, detailing the potential violation. |
| 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 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 4 |
| Arkansas | 42.9 | 42.9 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
| California | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 3 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 70.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10 |
| Georgia | 33.3 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 33.3 | 6 |
| Iowa | 52.4 | 19.0 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 21 |
| Idaho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Illinois | 47.1 | 14.7 | 2.9 | 8.8 | 26.5 | 34 |
| Indiana | 38.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 16.7 | 22.2 | 18 |
| Kansas | 71.4 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7 |
| Kentucky | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 78.6 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 |
| Maryland | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 3 |
| Michigan | 35.3 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 47.1 | 17 |
| Minnesota | 55.1 | 28.6 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 49 |
| Missouri | 63.6 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 13.6 | 22 |
| Mississippi | 66.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 6 |
| Montana | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 3 |
| North Carolina | 28.6 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 7 |
| North Dakota | 45.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 30.0 | 20 |
| Nebraska | 67.6 | 14.7 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 34 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York | 71.4 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
| Ohio | 50.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10 |
| Oklahoma | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Oregon | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 62.5 | 8 |
| South Carolina | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3 |
| South Dakota | 30.8 | 19.2 | 11.5 | 15.4 | 23.1 | 26 |
| Tennessee | 85.7 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
| Texas | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 5 |
| Utah | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Virginia | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 5 |
| Washington | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 66.7 | 16.7 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 30 |
| West Virginia | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 44.4 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 9 |
| All States | 52.1 | 16.1 | 4.4 | 8.1 | 19.3 | 409 |