U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q40g. 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?: Revised definition of a wetland to include three conditions that must be present. |
Significantly strengthened (percent) | Strengthened (percent) | Neither strengthened nor weakened (percent) | Weakened (percent) | Significantly weakend (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 0.0 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
Arkansas | 22.2 | 55.6 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 |
California | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 3 |
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | 0.0 | 72.7 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 |
Georgia | 0.0 | 42.9 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
Iowa | 0.0 | 50.0 | 36.4 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 22 |
Idaho | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Illinois | 9.4 | 46.9 | 34.4 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 32 |
Indiana | 11.1 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 18 |
Kansas | 0.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8 |
Kentucky | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Louisiana | 21.4 | 42.9 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 |
Maryland | 33.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Michigan | 17.6 | 29.4 | 47.1 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 17 |
Minnesota | 4.0 | 40.0 | 46.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 50 |
Missouri | 13.6 | 45.5 | 36.4 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 22 |
Mississippi | 16.7 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Montana | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
North Carolina | 0.0 | 28.6 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
North Dakota | 13.6 | 54.5 | 22.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 22 |
Nebraska | 2.9 | 40.0 | 45.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 35 |
New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 42.9 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 7 |
Ohio | 0.0 | 44.4 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 |
Oklahoma | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Oregon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Pennsylvania | 28.6 | 14.3 | 42.9 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7 |
South Carolina | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
South Dakota | 3.8 | 42.3 | 42.3 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 26 |
Tennessee | 0.0 | 28.6 | 57.1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7 |
Texas | 0.0 | 42.9 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
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 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Wisconsin | 3.6 | 60.7 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 0.0 | 22.2 | 77.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 |
All States | 8.0 | 44.1 | 40.9 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 413 |