U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q41b. In your county, how did each of the following changes in the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (farm bill) strengthen or weaken monitoring of wetland conservation compliance?: Eliminated graduated reductions in program benefits for compliance violations. |
Significantly strengthened (percent) | Strengthened (percent) | Neither strengthened nor weakened (percent) | Weakened (percent) | Significantly weakend (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Arkansas | 0.0 | 12.5 | 75.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 8 |
California | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 3 |
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | 0.0 | 33.3 | 44.4 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 9 |
Georgia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Iowa | 5.0 | 15.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 5.0 | 20 |
Idaho | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Illinois | 0.0 | 18.8 | 68.8 | 9.4 | 3.1 | 32 |
Indiana | 0.0 | 38.9 | 33.3 | 27.8 | 0.0 | 18 |
Kansas | 0.0 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 6 |
Kentucky | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Louisiana | 7.1 | 21.4 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 |
Maryland | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 3 |
Michigan | 0.0 | 7.7 | 92.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 |
Minnesota | 0.0 | 20.8 | 56.3 | 14.6 | 8.3 | 48 |
Missouri | 4.5 | 31.8 | 54.5 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 22 |
Mississippi | 0.0 | 20.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Montana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 3 |
North Carolina | 0.0 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
North Dakota | 0.0 | 36.8 | 42.1 | 15.8 | 5.3 | 19 |
Nebraska | 0.0 | 35.3 | 44.1 | 20.6 | 0.0 | 34 |
New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 0.0 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 7 |
Ohio | 0.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
Oklahoma | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Oregon | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 14.3 | 57.1 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 7 |
South Carolina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
South Dakota | 0.0 | 25.0 | 29.2 | 33.3 | 12.5 | 24 |
Tennessee | 0.0 | 28.6 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
Texas | 0.0 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Virginia | 0.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Washington | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3 |
Wisconsin | 0.0 | 37.9 | 51.7 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 29 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 0.0 | 28.6 | 57.1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7 |
All States | 0.8 | 25.6 | 54.8 | 15.0 | 3.9 | 387 |