U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q61b. If a farmer has a farmed wetland (FW) with an existing hydrologic manipulation, would the farmer be able to do the following?: Maintain the scope and effect of the maintenance performed prior to December 23, 1985, but not exceed that level of drainage.

  Yes (percent) No (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 100.0 0.0 41
Arkansas 94.6 5.4 37
California 95.7 4.3 23
Colorado 100.0 0.0 30
Florida 100.0 0.0 26
Georgia 94.4 5.6 54
Iowa 97.5 2.5 80
Idaho 100.0 0.0 23
Illinois 98.7 1.3 76
Indiana 96.4 3.6 55
Kansas 98.8 1.2 85
Kentucky 100.0 0.0 52
Louisiana 100.0 0.0 43
Maryland 100.0 0.0 13
Michigan 97.8 2.2 45
Minnesota 97.1 2.9 68
Missouri 98.5 1.5 65
Mississippi 98.3 1.7 60
Montana 100.0 0.0 39
North Carolina 97.9 2.1 48
North Dakota 100.0 0.0 47
Nebraska 97.1 2.9 70
New Mexico 93.3 6.7 15
New York 92.3 7.7 39
Ohio 100.0 0.0 55
Oklahoma 100.0 0.0 54
Oregon 100.0 0.0 20
Pennsylvania 100.0 0.0 32
South Carolina 96.2 3.8 26
South Dakota 100.0 0.0 51
Tennessee 100.0 0.0 50
Texas 98.1 1.9 104
Utah 100.0 0.0 15
Virginia 92.1 7.9 38
Washington 100.0 0.0 23
Wisconsin 100.0 0.0 51
West Virginia 100.0 0.0 19
States with fewer than 15 respondents 98.4 1.6 61
All States 98.2 1.8 1,733