U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q41c. 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 the requirement for agreement between NRCS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on mitigation plans and technical determinations. |
Significantly strengthened (percent) | Strengthened (percent) | Neither strengthened nor weakened (percent) | Weakened (percent) | Significantly weakend (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 0.0 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Arkansas | 28.6 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 7 |
California | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 3 |
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | 0.0 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10 |
Georgia | 0.0 | 14.3 | 71.4 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7 |
Iowa | 0.0 | 38.1 | 47.6 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 21 |
Idaho | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Illinois | 0.0 | 6.7 | 66.7 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 30 |
Indiana | 0.0 | 22.2 | 55.6 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 18 |
Kansas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 7 |
Kentucky | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Louisiana | 7.1 | 21.4 | 50.0 | 21.4 | 0.0 | 14 |
Maryland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Michigan | 6.7 | 20.0 | 66.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 15 |
Minnesota | 10.4 | 20.8 | 52.1 | 14.6 | 2.1 | 48 |
Missouri | 14.3 | 19.0 | 61.9 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 21 |
Mississippi | 0.0 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Montana | 0.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
North Carolina | 0.0 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
North Dakota | 0.0 | 36.8 | 52.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 19 |
Nebraska | 5.7 | 40.0 | 42.9 | 11.4 | 0.0 | 35 |
New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 28.6 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 7 |
Ohio | 0.0 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
Oklahoma | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Oregon | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 12.5 | 62.5 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
South Carolina | 66.7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
South Dakota | 0.0 | 19.2 | 61.5 | 19.2 | 0.0 | 26 |
Tennessee | 0.0 | 14.3 | 71.4 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7 |
Texas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 7 |
Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Virginia | 0.0 | 20.0 | 60.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Washington | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3 |
Wisconsin | 0.0 | 26.7 | 63.3 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 30 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 0.0 | 44.4 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 9 |
All States | 5.3 | 23.6 | 54.5 | 13.3 | 3.3 | 398 |