U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q39c. If you find a converted wetland on lands owned or operated by a USDA program participant, how often do you do the following?: Work with the person to restore or obtain a mitigation exemption for the wetland in order to maintain benefits. |
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 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
Arkansas | 87.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
California | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3 |
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | 63.6 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 11 |
Georgia | 25.0 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 8 |
Iowa | 55.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 20 |
Idaho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
Illinois | 52.9 | 20.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 34 |
Indiana | 50.0 | 33.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 18 |
Kansas | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 7 |
Kentucky | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Louisiana | 92.9 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 |
Maryland | 75.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
Michigan | 56.3 | 18.8 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 16 |
Minnesota | 63.3 | 26.5 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 49 |
Missouri | 86.4 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 22 |
Mississippi | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Montana | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
North Carolina | 57.1 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7 |
North Dakota | 66.7 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 21 |
Nebraska | 60.6 | 24.2 | 3.0 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 33 |
New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 6 |
Ohio | 36.4 | 36.4 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 11 |
Oklahoma | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Oregon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 3 |
Pennsylvania | 33.3 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 9 |
South Carolina | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
South Dakota | 63.0 | 18.5 | 3.7 | 11.1 | 3.7 | 27 |
Tennessee | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Texas | 66.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 6 |
Utah | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Virginia | 80.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Washington | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3 |
Wisconsin | 53.3 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 30 |
West Virginia | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 |
All States | 62.2 | 19.8 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 5.8 | 415 |