U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q40c. In your county, how did each of the following changes in the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (farm bill) strengthen or weaken monitoring of wetland conservation compliance?: Instituted mitigation exemption for restoring a prior converted wetland. |
Significantly strengthened (percent) | Strengthened (percent) | Neither strengthened nor weakened (percent) | Weakened (percent) | Significantly weakend (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 0.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
Arkansas | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
California | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | 11.1 | 55.6 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 9 |
Georgia | 0.0 | 28.6 | 57.1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7 |
Iowa | 5.6 | 11.1 | 50.0 | 27.8 | 5.6 | 18 |
Idaho | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Illinois | 0.0 | 18.8 | 62.5 | 15.6 | 3.1 | 32 |
Indiana | 11.8 | 23.5 | 41.2 | 23.5 | 0.0 | 17 |
Kansas | 0.0 | 42.9 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 7 |
Kentucky | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Louisiana | 7.1 | 50.0 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 |
Maryland | 66.7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Michigan | 6.7 | 20.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 15 |
Minnesota | 2.2 | 13.3 | 66.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 45 |
Missouri | 8.7 | 47.8 | 43.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 |
Mississippi | 16.7 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Montana | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
North Carolina | 0.0 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
North Dakota | 0.0 | 52.6 | 31.6 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 19 |
Nebraska | 9.4 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 32 |
New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 0.0 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 6 |
Ohio | 11.1 | 22.2 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 |
Oklahoma | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Oregon | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
South Carolina | 0.0 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
South Dakota | 0.0 | 18.2 | 63.6 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 22 |
Tennessee | 0.0 | 42.9 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
Texas | 0.0 | 20.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Utah | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Virginia | 0.0 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Washington | 33.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Wisconsin | 0.0 | 32.0 | 52.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 25 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 0.0 | 28.6 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
All States | 5.0 | 31.7 | 51.3 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 382 |