U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q75d. In your opinion, to what extent do the following areas of guidance in the current National Food Security Act Manual (NFSAM) need to be improved?: Wetland mitigation and minimal effects provisions |
Needs very great improvement (percent) | Needs great improvement (percent) | Needs moderate improvement (percent) | Needs some improvement (percent) | Needs little or no improvement (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 9.3 | 23.3 | 27.9 | 7.0 | 32.6 | 43 |
Arkansas | 22.6 | 19.4 | 16.1 | 9.7 | 32.3 | 31 |
California | 12.5 | 33.3 | 4.2 | 20.8 | 29.2 | 24 |
Colorado | 3.0 | 9.1 | 27.3 | 12.1 | 48.5 | 33 |
Florida | 7.1 | 28.6 | 10.7 | 14.3 | 39.3 | 28 |
Georgia | 13.2 | 17.0 | 18.9 | 11.3 | 39.6 | 53 |
Iowa | 10.1 | 24.1 | 32.9 | 15.2 | 17.7 | 79 |
Idaho | 13.6 | 27.3 | 4.5 | 22.7 | 31.8 | 22 |
Illinois | 4.1 | 24.7 | 16.4 | 20.5 | 34.2 | 73 |
Indiana | 11.8 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 25.5 | 19.6 | 51 |
Kansas | 15.7 | 20.5 | 16.9 | 13.3 | 33.7 | 83 |
Kentucky | 5.9 | 15.7 | 21.6 | 9.8 | 47.1 | 51 |
Louisiana | 2.7 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 18.9 | 54.1 | 37 |
Maryland | 8.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41.7 | 12 |
Michigan | 7.9 | 13.2 | 18.4 | 23.7 | 36.8 | 38 |
Minnesota | 17.6 | 26.5 | 27.9 | 14.7 | 13.2 | 68 |
Missouri | 6.1 | 12.1 | 16.7 | 24.2 | 40.9 | 66 |
Mississippi | 1.8 | 17.5 | 19.3 | 21.1 | 40.4 | 57 |
Montana | 9.1 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 21.2 | 48.5 | 33 |
North Carolina | 12.7 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 10.9 | 47.3 | 55 |
North Dakota | 19.6 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 10.9 | 26.1 | 46 |
Nebraska | 21.9 | 17.2 | 15.6 | 23.4 | 21.9 | 64 |
New Mexico | 13.3 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 46.7 | 15 |
New York | 12.1 | 21.2 | 15.2 | 18.2 | 33.3 | 33 |
Ohio | 17.0 | 17.0 | 22.6 | 15.1 | 28.3 | 53 |
Oklahoma | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 44.0 | 50 |
Oregon | 16.7 | 16.7 | 5.6 | 16.7 | 44.4 | 18 |
Pennsylvania | 5.9 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 23.5 | 41.2 | 34 |
South Carolina | 15.4 | 0.0 | 30.8 | 11.5 | 42.3 | 26 |
South Dakota | 14.0 | 23.3 | 25.6 | 20.9 | 16.3 | 43 |
Tennessee | 4.1 | 18.4 | 6.1 | 26.5 | 44.9 | 49 |
Texas | 11.4 | 9.5 | 12.4 | 15.2 | 51.4 | 105 |
Utah | 16.7 | 8.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 41.7 | 12 |
Virginia | 12.1 | 12.1 | 18.2 | 21.2 | 36.4 | 33 |
Washington | 10.0 | 30.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 35.0 | 20 |
Wisconsin | 16.7 | 22.9 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 20.8 | 48 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 16.7 | 27.8 | 11.1 | 44.4 | 18 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 8.9 | 7.1 | 25.0 | 19.6 | 39.3 | 56 |
All States | 11.0 | 18.0 | 18.6 | 17.1 | 35.4 | 1,660 |