| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q64b. You have received an anonymous complaint that a USDA program participant has converted a wetland. On review, you find that the conversion is for nonagricultural use. How likely are you to carry out these options?: Notify the EPA or the District Corps of Engineers, as this is a potential Clean Water Act violation. |
| Very likely (percent) | Likely (percent) | As likely as not (percent) | Unlikely (percent) | Very unlikely (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 29.3 | 24.4 | 12.2 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 41 |
| Arkansas | 39.5 | 31.6 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 38 |
| California | 8.3 | 37.5 | 8.3 | 20.8 | 25.0 | 24 |
| Colorado | 25.0 | 36.1 | 2.8 | 22.2 | 13.9 | 36 |
| Florida | 25.0 | 28.6 | 21.4 | 14.3 | 10.7 | 28 |
| Georgia | 27.1 | 18.8 | 14.6 | 18.8 | 20.8 | 48 |
| Iowa | 38.2 | 36.8 | 14.5 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 76 |
| Idaho | 38.5 | 38.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 26 |
| Illinois | 32.9 | 34.3 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 5.7 | 70 |
| Indiana | 16.4 | 36.1 | 16.4 | 18.0 | 13.1 | 61 |
| Kansas | 29.4 | 36.5 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 85 |
| Kentucky | 22.4 | 27.6 | 13.8 | 22.4 | 13.8 | 58 |
| Louisiana | 55.0 | 30.0 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 40 |
| Maryland | 7.1 | 50.0 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 21.4 | 14 |
| Michigan | 9.8 | 9.8 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 46.3 | 41 |
| Minnesota | 27.3 | 43.9 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 7.6 | 66 |
| Missouri | 30.3 | 25.8 | 12.1 | 13.6 | 18.2 | 66 |
| Mississippi | 21.1 | 19.3 | 22.8 | 19.3 | 17.5 | 57 |
| Montana | 12.5 | 30.0 | 7.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 40 |
| North Carolina | 31.7 | 41.3 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 63 |
| North Dakota | 26.1 | 30.4 | 15.2 | 19.6 | 8.7 | 46 |
| Nebraska | 55.9 | 25.0 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 10.3 | 68 |
| New Mexico | 15.8 | 31.6 | 5.3 | 15.8 | 31.6 | 19 |
| New York | 13.2 | 23.7 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 38 |
| Ohio | 27.1 | 25.4 | 10.2 | 25.4 | 11.9 | 59 |
| Oklahoma | 14.0 | 32.0 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 50 |
| Oregon | 5.3 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 5.3 | 36.8 | 19 |
| Pennsylvania | 20.0 | 20.0 | 17.1 | 20.0 | 22.9 | 35 |
| South Carolina | 17.9 | 42.9 | 14.3 | 7.1 | 17.9 | 28 |
| South Dakota | 36.5 | 30.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 17.3 | 52 |
| Tennessee | 34.6 | 32.7 | 13.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 52 |
| Texas | 16.7 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 24.0 | 34.4 | 96 |
| Utah | 21.4 | 7.1 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 14 |
| Virginia | 33.3 | 38.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 36 |
| Washington | 21.7 | 52.2 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 13.0 | 23 |
| Wisconsin | 41.2 | 43.1 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 51 |
| West Virginia | 5.3 | 26.3 | 10.5 | 26.3 | 31.6 | 19 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 4.9 | 21.3 | 8.2 | 19.7 | 45.9 | 61 |
| All States | 26.5 | 30.2 | 12.2 | 14.6 | 16.5 | 1,744 |