U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q61a. If a farmer has a farmed wetland (FW) with an existing hydrologic manipulation, would the farmer be able to do the following?: Expand the manipulation to remove all remaining hydrology and farm the area.

  Yes (percent) No (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 0.0 100.0 40
Arkansas 0.0 100.0 36
California 0.0 100.0 24
Colorado 0.0 100.0 30
Florida 0.0 100.0 27
Georgia 1.8 98.2 55
Iowa 0.0 100.0 80
Idaho 0.0 100.0 24
Illinois 1.3 98.7 75
Indiana 3.6 96.4 55
Kansas 2.4 97.6 85
Kentucky 2.0 98.0 49
Louisiana 0.0 100.0 43
Maryland 0.0 100.0 13
Michigan 0.0 100.0 47
Minnesota 1.5 98.5 68
Missouri 0.0 100.0 64
Mississippi 3.4 96.6 59
Montana 0.0 100.0 41
North Carolina 0.0 100.0 46
North Dakota 4.4 95.6 45
Nebraska 0.0 100.0 69
New Mexico 0.0 100.0 15
New York 2.6 97.4 39
Ohio 0.0 100.0 56
Oklahoma 0.0 100.0 50
Oregon 0.0 100.0 20
Pennsylvania 0.0 100.0 31
South Carolina 0.0 100.0 26
South Dakota 2.0 98.0 51
Tennessee 0.0 100.0 48
Texas 0.0 100.0 106
Utah 0.0 100.0 15
Virginia 0.0 100.0 36
Washington 0.0 100.0 23
Wisconsin 0.0 100.0 51
West Virginia 0.0 100.0 18
States with fewer than 15 respondents 1.6 98.4 62
All States 0.9 99.1 1,722