| 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 |