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