U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q52. Since January 1, 1994, how has NRCS management changed the priority for implementing conservation compliance?

  Significantly increased (percent) Generally increased (percent) Neither increased nor decreased (percent) Generally decreased (percent) Significantly decreased (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 2.1 29.2 41.7 25.0 2.1 48
Arkansas 5.1 23.1 59.0 12.8 0.0 39
California 3.3 10.0 66.7 13.3 6.7 30
Colorado 9.3 20.9 34.9 27.9 7.0 43
Florida 10.0 46.7 26.7 16.7 0.0 30
Georgia 3.5 19.3 47.4 24.6 5.3 57
Iowa 2.5 15.0 50.0 23.8 8.8 80
Idaho 7.1 10.7 53.6 21.4 7.1 28
Illinois 2.8 12.7 36.6 38.0 9.9 71
Indiana 0.0 8.3 38.3 36.7 16.7 60
Kansas 1.1 6.5 39.8 38.7 14.0 93
Kentucky 7.0 14.1 47.9 22.5 8.5 71
Louisiana 13.5 27.0 48.6 8.1 2.7 37
Maryland 0.0 0.0 46.7 26.7 26.7 15
Michigan 2.3 16.3 39.5 34.9 7.0 43
Minnesota 3.0 10.6 42.4 28.8 15.2 66
Missouri 6.5 18.2 48.1 23.4 3.9 77
Mississippi 3.0 36.4 36.4 18.2 6.1 66
Montana 2.3 0.0 44.2 37.2 16.3 43
North Carolina 1.5 21.5 33.8 27.7 15.4 65
North Dakota 2.1 12.8 51.1 34.0 0.0 47
Nebraska 4.2 8.5 46.5 35.2 5.6 71
New Mexico 10.0 15.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 20
New York 0.0 8.3 41.7 36.1 13.9 36
Ohio 1.7 8.5 35.6 39.0 15.3 59
Oklahoma 3.4 8.5 44.1 40.7 3.4 59
Oregon 9.5 28.6 23.8 28.6 9.5 21
Pennsylvania 2.7 18.9 59.5 10.8 8.1 37
South Carolina 3.7 25.9 48.1 22.2 0.0 27
South Dakota 0.0 13.2 45.3 34.0 7.5 53
Tennessee 3.8 9.6 42.3 40.4 3.8 52
Texas 3.3 14.6 47.0 27.8 7.3 151
Utah 7.7 30.8 46.2 15.4 0.0 13
Virginia 5.1 15.4 30.8 30.8 17.9 39
Washington 4.3 34.8 39.1 17.4 4.3 23
Wisconsin 0.0 18.4 51.0 24.5 6.1 49
West Virginia 8.7 21.7 56.5 13.0 0.0 23
States with fewer than 15 respondents 4.6 16.9 52.3 20.0 6.2 65
All States 3.7 16.0 44.3 27.9 8.0 1,907