U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q39d. If you find a converted wetland on lands owned or operated by a USDA program participant, how often do you do the following?: Decide if any other exemption applies to this wetland conversion. |
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 | 75.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
California | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3 |
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Georgia | 50.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 6 |
Iowa | 42.1 | 26.3 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 19 |
Idaho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
Illinois | 51.5 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 33 |
Indiana | 29.4 | 23.5 | 5.9 | 17.6 | 23.5 | 17 |
Kansas | 57.1 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 7 |
Kentucky | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Louisiana | 86.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 15 |
Maryland | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 4 |
Michigan | 46.2 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 30.8 | 13 |
Minnesota | 46.8 | 17.0 | 6.4 | 12.8 | 17.0 | 47 |
Missouri | 78.9 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 19 |
Mississippi | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Montana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 3 |
North Carolina | 66.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 6 |
North Dakota | 55.0 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 20 |
Nebraska | 62.5 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 32 |
New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 14.3 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 42.9 | 7 |
Ohio | 27.3 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 11 |
Oklahoma | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Oregon | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 3 |
Pennsylvania | 44.4 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 9 |
South Carolina | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
South Dakota | 37.0 | 22.2 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 18.5 | 27 |
Tennessee | 85.7 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
Texas | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 6 |
Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Virginia | 60.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Washington | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3 |
Wisconsin | 50.0 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 30 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 60.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 10 |
All States | 52.6 | 19.3 | 4.8 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 399 |