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