| Rank |
District |
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)
1995-2012 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | At-large District of South Dakota (Rep. Kristi L.Noem) | $2,133,429 | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| 2 | At-large District of Alaska (Rep. Don Young) | $1,958,190 | 2.3% | 4.7% |
| 3 | At-large District of Wyoming (Rep. Cynthia M.Lummis) | $1,602,386 | 1.8% | 6.6% |
| 4 | At-large District of Vermont (Rep. Peter Welch) | $1,509,844 | 1.7% | 8.3% |
| 5 | At-large District of North Dakota (Rep. Kevin Cramer) | $1,477,251 | 1.7% | 10.0% |
| 6 | At-large District of Montana (Rep. Steve Daines) | $1,416,548 | 1.6% | 11.6% |
| 7 | At-large District of Delaware (Rep. John C.Carney) | $845,148 | 1.0% | 12.6% |
| 8 | 19th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Neugebauer) | $424,370 | 0.5% | 13.1% |
| 9 | 4th District of Iowa (Rep. Steve King) | $300,953 | 0.3% | 13.4% |
| 10 | 1st District of Arizona (Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick) | $297,948 | 0.3% | 13.8% |
| 11 | 3rd District of Nebraska (Rep. Adrian Smith) | $233,041 | 0.3% | 14.0% |
| 12 | 1st District of Iowa (Rep. Bruce L.Braley) | $214,543 | 0.2% | 14.3% |
| 13 | 1st District of Utah (Rep. Rob Bishop) | $195,878 | 0.2% | 14.5% |
| 14 | 1st District of California (Rep. Doug LaMalfa) | $185,994 | 0.2% | 14.7% |
| 15 | 7th District of Minnesota (Rep. Collin C.Peterson) | $185,236 | 0.2% | 14.9% |
| 16 | 2nd District of Alabama (Rep. Martha Roby) | $176,363 | 0.2% | 15.1% |
| 17 | 1st District of Kansas (Rep. Tim Huelskamp) | $165,552 | 0.2% | 15.3% |
| 18 | 2nd District of Idaho (Rep. Michael K.Simpson) | $159,759 | 0.2% | 15.5% |
| 19 | 11th District of Texas (Rep. K. MichaelConaway) | $157,298 | 0.2% | 15.7% |
| 20 | 1st District of Arkansas (Rep. Eric A. “Rick”Crawford) | $155,231 | 0.2% | 15.9% |
| 21 | 5th District of South Carolina (Rep. Mick Mulvaney) | $149,430 | 0.2% | 16.0% |
| 22 | 7th District of Tennessee (Rep. Marsha Blackburn) | $149,194 | 0.2% | 16.2% |
| 23 | 8th District of Missouri (Rep. Office of the Eighth Congres | $149,186 | 0.2% | 16.4% |
| 24 | 2nd District of Oregon (Rep. Greg Walden) | $141,013 | 0.2% | 16.6% |
| 25 | 3rd District of Wisconsin (Rep. Ron Kind) | $139,523 | 0.2% | 16.7% |
| 26 | 3rd District of Mississippi (Rep. Gregg Harper) | $138,344 | 0.2% | 16.9% |
| 27 | 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) | $128,776 | 0.1% | 17.0% |
| 28 | 1st District of Mississippi (Rep. Alan Nunnelee) | $123,907 | 0.1% | 17.2% |
| 29 | 23th District of Texas (Rep. Pete P.Gallego) | $120,807 | 0.1% | 17.3% |
| 30 | 6th District of Indiana (Rep. Luke Messer) | $116,014 | 0.1% | 17.4% |
| 31 | 3rd District of Colorado (Rep. Scott R.Tipton) | $102,934 | 0.1% | 17.6% |
| 32 | 2nd District of Arkansas (Rep. Tim Griffin) | $99,182 | 0.1% | 17.7% |
| 33 | 3rd District of Alabama (Rep. Mike Rogers) | $98,518 | 0.1% | 17.8% |
| 34 | 2nd District of Iowa (Rep. David Loebsack) | $98,235 | 0.1% | 17.9% |
| 35 | 1st District of Maryland (Rep. Andy Harris) | $95,767 | 0.1% | 18.0% |
| 36 | 4th District of Kansas (Rep. Mike Pompeo) | $95,228 | 0.1% | 18.1% |
| 37 | 3rd District of Oklahoma (Rep. Frank D.Lucas) | $94,838 | 0.1% | 18.2% |
| 38 | 1st District of Kentucky (Rep. Ed Whitfield) | $93,300 | 0.1% | 18.3% |
| 39 | 2nd District of Mississippi (Rep. Bennie G.Thompson) | $90,214 | 0.1% | 18.4% |
| 40 | 2nd District of Kansas (Rep. Lynn Jenkins) | $88,153 | 0.1% | 18.5% |
| 41 | 5th District of Louisiana (Rep. Rodney Alexander) | $87,119 | 0.1% | 18.6% |
| 42 | 6th District of Missouri (Rep. Sam Graves) | $85,671 | 0.1% | 18.7% |
| 43 | 5th District of Virginia (Rep. Robert Hurt) | $80,796 | 0.1% | 18.8% |
| 44 | 8th District of Georgia (Rep. Austin Scott) | $78,644 | 0.1% | 18.9% |
| 45 | 6th District of South Carolina (Rep. James E.Clyburn) | $76,364 | 0.1% | 19.0% |
| 46 | 6th District of Tennessee (Rep. Diane Black) | $76,106 | 0.1% | 19.1% |
| 47 | 3rd District of Indiana (Rep. Marlin A.Stutzman) | $74,825 | 0.1% | 19.2% |
| 48 | 5th District of Washington (Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers) | $74,289 | 0.1% | 19.3% |
| 49 | 4th District of Kentucky (Rep. Thomas Massie) | $72,008 | 0.1% | 19.4% |
| 50 | 4th District of Louisiana (Rep. John Fleming) | $71,141 | 0.1% | 19.4% |
| 51 | 3rd District of Iowa (Rep. Tom Latham) | $69,940 | 0.1% | 19.5% |
| 52 | 3rd District of California (Rep. John Garamendi) | $69,154 | 0.1% | 19.6% |
| 53 | 2nd District of Wisconsin (Rep. Mark Pocan) | $67,693 | 0.1% | 19.7% |
| 54 | 2nd District of New Mexico (Rep. Stevan Pearce) | $61,969 | 0.1% | 19.7% |
| 55 | 12th District of Illinois (Rep. William L.Enyart) | $61,315 | 0.1% | 19.8% |
| 56 | 3rd District of New Mexico (Rep. Ben RayLuján) | $60,513 | 0.1% | 19.9% |
| 57 | 2nd District of Florida (Rep. Steve Southerland) | $60,375 | 0.1% | 20.0% |
| 58 | 4th District of Indiana (Rep. Todd Rokita) | $59,929 | 0.1% | 20.0% |
| 59 | 4th District of Missouri (Rep. Vicky Hartzler) | $58,373 | 0.1% | 20.1% |
| 60 | 16th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Joseph R.Pitts) | $58,347 | 0.1% | 20.2% |
| 61 | 1st District of Minnesota (Rep. Timothy J.Walz) | $55,754 | 0.1% | 20.2% |
| 62 | 3rd District of South Carolina (Rep. Jeff Duncan) | $55,724 | 0.1% | 20.3% |
| 63 | 1st District of West Virginia (Rep. David B.McKinley) | $53,839 | 0.1% | 20.3% |
| 64 | 12th District of Georgia (Rep. John Barrow) | $53,738 | 0.1% | 20.4% |
| 65 | 9th District of Indiana (Rep. Todd C.Young) | $51,062 | 0.1% | 20.5% |
| 66 | 5th District of Oregon (Rep. Kurt Schrader) | $48,114 | 0.1% | 20.5% |
| 67 | 1st District of Georgia (Rep. Jack Kingston) | $47,479 | 0.1% | 20.6% |
| 68 | 2nd District of South Carolina (Rep. Joe Wilson) | $47,267 | 0.1% | 20.6% |
| 69 | 6th District of Kentucky (Rep. Andy Barr) | $47,002 | 0.1% | 20.7% |
| 70 | 7th District of New Jersey (Rep. Leonard Lance) | $46,143 | 0.1% | 20.7% |
| 71 | 8th District of Indiana (Rep. Larry Bucshon) | $46,047 | 0.1% | 20.8% |
| 72 | 4th District of Virginia (Rep. J. RandyForbes) | $44,224 | 0.1% | 20.8% |
| 73 | 2nd District of New Hampshire (Rep. Ann M.Kuster) | $41,350 | 0.0% | 20.9% |
| 74 | 2nd District of Hawaii (Rep. Tulsi Gabbard) | $40,920 | 0.0% | 20.9% |
| 75 | 7th District of Alabama (Rep. Terri A.Sewell) | $40,780 | 0.0% | 21.0% |
| 76 | 2nd District of Arizona (Rep. Ron Barber) | $38,918 | 0.0% | 21.0% |
| 77 | 5th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Glenn Thompson) | $38,288 | 0.0% | 21.1% |
| 78 | 15th District of Ohio (Rep. Steve Stivers) | $37,718 | 0.0% | 21.1% |
| 79 | 18th District of Illinois (Rep. Aaron Schock) | $37,582 | 0.0% | 21.2% |
| 80 | 1st District of Nebraska (Rep. Jeff Fortenberry) | $37,323 | 0.0% | 21.2% |
| 81 | 1st District of Michigan (Rep. Dan Benishek) | $37,290 | 0.0% | 21.2% |
| 82 | 23th District of New York (Rep. Tom Reed) | $35,131 | 0.0% | 21.3% |
| 83 | 7th District of Virginia (Rep. Eric Cantor) | $34,257 | 0.0% | 21.3% |
| 84 | 24th District of California (Rep. Lois Capps) | $32,979 | 0.0% | 21.4% |
| 85 | 3rd District of Missouri (Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer) | $32,948 | 0.0% | 21.4% |
| 86 | 9th District of Virginia (Rep. H. MorganGriffith) | $32,687 | 0.0% | 21.4% |
| 87 | 2nd District of North Carolina (Rep. Renee L.Ellmers) | $30,029 | 0.0% | 21.5% |
| 88 | 1st District of Alabama (Rep. Jo Bonner) | $29,925 | 0.0% | 21.5% |
| 89 | 7th District of Michigan (Rep. Tim Walberg) | $29,681 | 0.0% | 21.5% |
| 90 | 2nd District of Maine (Rep. Michael H.Michaud) | $27,900 | 0.0% | 21.6% |
| 91 | 3rd District of Arkansas (Rep. Steve Womack) | $27,856 | 0.0% | 21.6% |
| 92 | 4th District of Colorado (Rep. Cory Gardner) | $27,626 | 0.0% | 21.6% |
| 93 | 6th District of Virginia (Rep. Bob Goodlatte) | $27,280 | 0.0% | 21.7% |
| 94 | 2nd District of Georgia (Rep. Sanford D.Bishop) | $27,078 | 0.0% | 21.7% |
| 95 | 8th District of Tennessee (Rep. Stephen LeeFincher) | $26,944 | 0.0% | 21.7% |
| 96 | 2nd District of Oklahoma (Rep. Markwayne Mullin) | $26,854 | 0.0% | 21.8% |
| 97 | 5th District of Kentucky (Rep. Harold Rogers) | $26,684 | 0.0% | 21.8% |
| 98 | 4th District of Michigan (Rep. Dave Camp) | $25,867 | 0.0% | 21.8% |
| 99 | 7th District of South Carolina (Rep. Tom Rice) | $25,233 | 0.0% | 21.9% |
| 100 | 27th District of New York (Rep. Chris Collins) | $24,855 | 0.0% | 21.9% |
| 101 | 8th District of Minnesota (Rep. Richard M.Nolan) | $24,836 | 0.0% | 21.9% |
| 102 | 1st District of New Hampshire (Rep. Carol Shea-Porter) | $24,448 | 0.0% | 21.9% |
| 103 | 16th District of Illinois (Rep. Adam Kinzinger) | $23,129 | 0.0% | 22.0% |
| 104 | 4th District of Oklahoma (Rep. Tom Cole) | $22,961 | 0.0% | 22.0% |
| 105 | 10th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Tom Marino) | $22,744 | 0.0% | 22.0% |
| 106 | 3rd District of Louisiana (Rep. Charles W.Boustany) | $22,439 | 0.0% | 22.0% |
| 107 | 4th District of Nevada (Rep. Steven A.Horsford) | $21,339 | 0.0% | 22.1% |
| 108 | 2nd District of Indiana (Rep. Jackie Walorski) | $21,228 | 0.0% | 22.1% |
| 109 | 1st District of Massachusetts (Rep. Richard E.Neal) | $20,312 | 0.0% | 22.1% |
| 110 | 2nd District of West Virginia (Rep. Shelley MooreCapito) | $19,472 | 0.0% | 22.1% |
| 111 | 2nd District of Utah (Rep. Chris Stewart) | $19,279 | 0.0% | 22.2% |
| 112 | 1st District of Virginia (Rep. Robert J.Wittman) | $18,934 | 0.0% | 22.2% |
| 113 | 4th District of Tennessee (Rep. Scott DesJarlais) | $18,755 | 0.0% | 22.2% |
| 114 | 1st District of Florida (Rep. Jeff Miller) | $18,602 | 0.0% | 22.2% |
| 115 | 2nd District of Kentucky (Rep. Brett Guthrie) | $18,466 | 0.0% | 22.2% |
| 116 | 6th District of Alabama (Rep. Spencer Bachus) | $17,891 | 0.0% | 22.3% |
| 117 | 15th District of Illinois (Rep. John Shimkus) | $17,718 | 0.0% | 22.3% |
| 118 | 2nd District of New Jersey (Rep. Frank A.LoBiondo) | $17,258 | 0.0% | 22.3% |
| 119 | 1st District of Tennessee (Rep. David P.Roe) | $17,013 | 0.0% | 22.3% |
| 120 | 3rd District of West Virginia (Rep. Nick J.Rahall) | $16,298 | 0.0% | 22.3% |
| 121 | 5th District of Indiana (Rep. Susan W.Brooks) | $16,008 | 0.0% | 22.4% |
| 122 | 10th District of Georgia (Rep. Paul C.Broun) | $14,947 | 0.0% | 22.4% |
| 123 | 4th District of Washington (Rep. Doc Hastings) | $14,594 | 0.0% | 22.4% |
| 124 | 5th District of Connecticut (Rep. Elizabeth H.Esty) | $14,418 | 0.0% | 22.4% |
| 125 | 22nd District of New York (Rep. Richard L.Hanna) | $14,009 | 0.0% | 22.4% |
| 126 | 3rd District of Washington (Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler) | $13,775 | 0.0% | 22.4% |
| 127 | 5th District of Wisconsin (Rep. F. JamesSensenbrenner) | $13,718 | 0.0% | 22.5% |
| 128 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $13,371 | 0.0% | 22.5% |
| 129 | 4th District of Alabama (Rep. Robert B.Aderholt) | $12,360 | 0.0% | 22.5% |
| 130 | 17th District of Florida (Rep. Thomas J.Rooney) | $12,318 | 0.0% | 22.5% |
| 131 | 4th District of Mississippi (Rep. Steven M.Palazzo) | $11,693 | 0.0% | 22.5% |
| 132 | 2nd District of California (Rep. Jared Huffman) | $11,512 | 0.0% | 22.5% |
| 133 | 2nd District of Connecticut (Rep. Joe Courtney) | $11,193 | 0.0% | 22.5% |
| 134 | 21st District of New York (Rep. William L.Owens) | $11,075 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 135 | 6th District of Michigan (Rep. Fred Upton) | $10,965 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 136 | 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) | $10,892 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 137 | 7th District of Missouri (Rep. Billy Long) | $10,605 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 138 | 7th District of Ohio (Rep. Bob Gibbs) | $10,181 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 139 | 10th District of California (Rep. Jeff Denham) | $9,768 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 140 | 3rd District of Arizona (Rep. Raúl M.Grijalva) | $9,375 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 141 | 1st District of Idaho (Rep. Raúl R.Labrador) | $9,115 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 142 | 15th District of Texas (Rep. Rubén Hinojosa) | $9,114 | 0.0% | 22.6% |
| 143 | 14th District of Georgia (Rep. Tom Graves) | $8,869 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 144 | 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G. K.Butterfield) | $8,603 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 145 | 3rd District of Florida (Rep. Ted S.Yoho) | $8,402 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 146 | 9th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Bill Shuster) | $8,377 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 147 | 7th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mike McIntyre) | $8,314 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 148 | 11th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Meadows) | $8,235 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 149 | 3rd District of Georgia (Rep. Lynn A.Westmoreland) | $6,797 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 150 | 17th District of Illinois (Rep. Cheri Bustos) | $6,433 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 151 | 2nd District of Washington (Rep. Rick Larsen) | $6,373 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 152 | 20th District of New York (Rep. Paul Tonko) | $6,074 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 153 | 19th District of New York (Rep. Christopher P.Gibson) | $5,904 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 154 | 7th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Patrick Meehan) | $5,804 | 0.0% | 22.7% |
| 155 | 7th District of Wisconsin (Rep. Sean P.Duffy) | $5,693 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 156 | 3rd District of Tennessee (Rep. Charles J. “Chuck”Fleischman | $5,600 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 157 | 2nd District of Illinois (Rep. Office of the Second Congres | $5,278 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 158 | 2nd District of Minnesota (Rep. John Kline) | $4,988 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 159 | 11th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Lou Barletta) | $4,730 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 160 | 1st District of Indiana (Rep. Peter J.Visclosky) | $4,725 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 161 | 5th District of New Jersey (Rep. Scott Garrett) | $4,612 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 162 | 27th District of Texas (Rep. Blake Farenthold) | $4,592 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 163 | 9th District of Georgia (Rep. Doug Collins) | $4,334 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 164 | 3rd District of New Jersey (Rep. Jon Runyan) | $4,324 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 165 | 4th District of Arkansas (Rep. Tom Cotton) | $4,210 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 166 | 8th District of North Carolina (Rep. Richard Hudson) | $4,072 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 167 | 6th District of Minnesota (Rep. Michele Bachmann) | $3,930 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 168 | 4th District of Oregon (Rep. Peter A.DeFazio) | $3,928 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 169 | 2nd District of Tennessee (Rep. John J.Duncan) | $3,496 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 170 | 4th District of Utah (Rep. Jim Matheson) | $3,476 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 171 | 6th District of Wisconsin (Rep. Thomas E.Petri) | $3,313 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 172 | 12th District of New Jersey (Rep. Rush Holt) | $3,174 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 173 | 5th District of Alabama (Rep. Mo Brooks) | $3,089 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 174 | 6th District of Ohio (Rep. Bill Johnson) | $2,895 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 175 | 6th District of Louisiana (Rep. Bill Cassidy) | $2,862 | 0.0% | 22.8% |
| 176 | 1st District of Wisconsin (Rep. Paul Ryan) | $2,853 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 177 | 1st District of Connecticut (Rep. John B.Larson) | $2,820 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 178 | 12th District of Ohio (Rep. Patrick J.Tiberi) | $2,769 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 179 | 8th District of Wisconsin (Rep. Reid J.Ribble) | $2,569 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 180 | 10th District of Michigan (Rep. Candice S.Miller) | $2,250 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 181 | 22nd District of California (Rep. Devin Nunes) | $2,100 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 182 | 5th District of Tennessee (Rep. Jim Cooper) | $2,053 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 183 | 18th District of Florida (Rep. Patrick Murphy) | $2,048 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 184 | 9th District of North Carolina (Rep. Robert Pittenger) | $1,855 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 185 | 6th District of Maryland (Rep. John K.Delaney) | $1,753 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 186 | 3rd District of Massachusetts (Rep. Niki Tsongas) | $1,680 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 187 | 2nd District of Nevada (Rep. Mark E.Amodei) | $1,523 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 188 | 5th District of Michigan (Rep. Daniel T.Kildee) | $1,348 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 189 | 24th District of New York (Rep. Daniel B.Maffei) | $1,270 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 190 | 1st District of Maine (Rep. Chellie Pingree) | $1,229 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 191 | 3rd District of North Carolina (Rep. Walter B.Jones) | $1,166 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 192 | 1st District of Oregon (Rep. Suzanne Bonamici) | $1,080 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 193 | 4th District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Scott Perry) | $1,031 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 194 | 2nd District of Massachusetts (Rep. James P.McGovern) | $960 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 195 | 5th District of Oklahoma (Rep. James Lankford) | $951 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 196 | 4th District of Texas (Rep. Ralph M.Hall) | $788 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 197 | 3rd District of Michigan (Rep. Justin Amash) | $594 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 198 | 3rd District of Pennsylvania (Rep. Mike Kelly) | $525 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 199 | 5th District of North Carolina (Rep. Virginia Foxx) | $454 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 200 | 50th District of California (Rep. Duncan Hunter) | $435 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 201 | 10th District of Ohio (Rep. Michael R.Turner) | $430 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 202 | 6th District of North Carolina (Rep. Howard Coble) | $311 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 203 | 13th District of Illinois (Rep. Rodney Davis) | $247 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 204 | 4th District of Florida (Rep. Ander Crenshaw) | $176 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| 205 | 8th District of Florida (Rep. Bill Posey) | $166 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
Note: The information on conservation spending for 2011and 2012 are incomplete due to missing data from USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition some payments made in 2010 were not assigned to recipients in the data received from NRCS. Those payments are also not included.
The information provided for the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) provides an inaccurate picture of how WRP payments are distributed. USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service uses title companies as intermediaries to finalize wetlands easements under the Wetlands Reserve Program. As a result, the data provided to us shows large sums of money going to these title companies. In reality, the payments are ultimately distributed to landowners participating in the WRP.
Unfortunately, NRCS has not provided the data to show where these farms and wetlands are located or which farmers or landowners are enrolling in the program, so EWG is unable to allocate these large sums of money to individuals beyond the title companies. Therefore, these companies skew the conservation rankings and payment concentration, which EWG cannot avoid unless and until NRCS makes available the additional farm attribution data. Therefore, we have not included WRP payments in the 2011 or 2012 data update.
We have separated data on farm commodity, disaster and conservation payments in order to provide a more accurate picture of top recipients and concentration of payments among the three main categories of USDA programs.
Finally, EWG works hard to ensure the accuracy of the information it provides through its products and services, but obtains data for the Farm Subsidy Database from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Therefore, EWG cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information USDA provides or any analysis based thereon. If you find an error or discrepancy on the site, please contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office to check its records before contacting EWG.
