U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q51. Compared with other activities in NRCS, what priority does NRCS management place on conservation compliance?

  Very high (percent) Generally high (percent) Neither high nor low (percent) Generally low (percent) Very low (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 20.4 34.7 32.7 12.2 0.0 49
Arkansas 26.2 42.9 31.0 0.0 0.0 42
California 12.5 40.6 31.3 9.4 6.3 32
Colorado 9.3 44.2 30.2 9.3 7.0 43
Florida 38.7 38.7 9.7 9.7 3.2 31
Georgia 18.3 31.7 36.7 6.7 6.7 60
Iowa 11.1 42.0 23.5 21.0 2.5 81
Idaho 3.7 55.6 14.8 11.1 14.8 27
Illinois 8.1 41.9 31.1 13.5 5.4 74
Indiana 3.2 30.6 30.6 27.4 8.1 62
Kansas 9.8 32.6 35.9 12.0 9.8 92
Kentucky 9.7 33.3 38.9 13.9 4.2 72
Louisiana 42.9 28.6 23.8 2.4 2.4 42
Maryland 0.0 33.3 40.0 0.0 26.7 15
Michigan 6.3 35.4 35.4 20.8 2.1 48
Minnesota 10.1 31.9 31.9 18.8 7.2 69
Missouri 15.2 39.2 31.6 11.4 2.5 79
Mississippi 13.6 54.5 18.2 10.6 3.0 66
Montana 2.2 26.7 28.9 33.3 8.9 45
North Carolina 7.0 45.1 25.4 12.7 9.9 71
North Dakota 10.0 46.0 26.0 14.0 4.0 50
Nebraska 9.9 47.9 25.4 12.7 4.2 71
New Mexico 17.4 30.4 39.1 8.7 4.3 23
New York 7.9 31.6 23.7 21.1 15.8 38
Ohio 6.8 20.3 40.7 20.3 11.9 59
Oklahoma 11.3 38.7 35.5 11.3 3.2 62
Oregon 9.5 47.6 19.0 23.8 0.0 21
Pennsylvania 15.8 44.7 21.1 15.8 2.6 38
South Carolina 20.7 37.9 20.7 20.7 0.0 29
South Dakota 7.4 33.3 31.5 20.4 7.4 54
Tennessee 7.4 38.9 35.2 18.5 0.0 54
Texas 18.5 33.1 28.5 13.2 6.6 151
Utah 14.3 21.4 50.0 14.3 0.0 14
Virginia 13.2 44.7 26.3 13.2 2.6 38
Washington 12.0 64.0 16.0 4.0 4.0 25
Wisconsin 14.0 32.0 26.0 12.0 16.0 50
West Virginia 13.0 43.5 39.1 4.3 0.0 23
States with fewer than 15 respondents 11.8 50.0 23.5 8.8 5.9 68
All States 12.7 38.3 29.3 14.0 5.7 1,968