| Rank |
District |
Tree Subsidies
2010 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | 18th District of Florida (Rep. Patrick Murphy) | $700,459 | 21.1% | 21.1% |
| 2 | 3rd District of California (Rep. John Garamendi) | $608,732 | 18.4% | 39.5% |
| 3 | 11th District of Florida (Rep. Richard B.Nugent) | $275,810 | 8.3% | 47.8% |
| 4 | 11th District of North Carolina (Rep. Mark Meadows) | $220,945 | 6.7% | 54.5% |
| 5 | 4th District of Tennessee (Rep. Scott DesJarlais) | $178,373 | 5.4% | 59.8% |
| 6 | 2nd District of Colorado (Rep. Jared Polis) | $130,719 | 3.9% | 63.8% |
| 7 | 8th District of Florida (Rep. Bill Posey) | $115,838 | 3.5% | 67.3% |
| 8 | 8th District of Georgia (Rep. Austin Scott) | $97,954 | 3.0% | 70.2% |
| 9 | 1st District of Kentucky (Rep. Ed Whitfield) | $96,304 | 2.9% | 73.1% |
| 10 | 7th District of Florida (Rep. John L.Mica) | $88,042 | 2.7% | 75.8% |
| 11 | 2nd District of Michigan (Rep. Bill Huizenga) | $81,916 | 2.5% | 78.3% |
| 12 | 2nd District of New Jersey (Rep. Frank A.LoBiondo) | $76,776 | 2.3% | 80.6% |
| 13 | 3rd District of Michigan (Rep. Justin Amash) | $70,453 | 2.1% | 82.7% |
| 14 | 4th District of Washington (Rep. Doc Hastings) | $59,007 | 1.8% | 84.5% |
| 15 | 2nd District of South Carolina (Rep. Joe Wilson) | $54,990 | 1.7% | 86.1% |
| 16 | 2nd District of Arkansas (Rep. Tim Griffin) | $42,468 | 1.3% | 87.4% |
| 17 | 10th District of Florida (Rep. Daniel Webster) | $29,407 | 0.9% | 88.3% |
| 18 | 3rd District of Arkansas (Rep. Steve Womack) | $27,292 | 0.8% | 89.1% |
| 19 | 19th District of Florida (Rep. Trey Radel) | $24,687 | 0.7% | 89.9% |
| 20 | 21st District of Florida (Rep. Theodore E.Deutch) | $22,262 | 0.7% | 90.6% |
| 21 | 6th District of Virginia (Rep. Bob Goodlatte) | $20,418 | 0.6% | 91.2% |
| 22 | 23th District of Florida (Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz) | $20,317 | 0.6% | 91.8% |
| 23 | 16th District of California (Rep. Jim Costa) | $19,910 | 0.6% | 92.4% |
| 24 | 21st District of California (Rep. David G.Valadao) | $18,927 | 0.6% | 93.0% |
| 25 | 9th District of Florida (Rep. Alan Grayson) | $16,722 | 0.5% | 93.5% |
| 26 | 26th District of California (Rep. Julia Brownley) | $9,016 | 0.3% | 93.7% |
| 27 | At-large District of South Dakota (Rep. Kristi L.Noem) | $7,407 | 0.2% | 94.0% |
| 28 | 9th District of Ohio (Rep. Marcy Kaptur) | $7,231 | 0.2% | 94.2% |
| 29 | 1st District of Georgia (Rep. Jack Kingston) | $5,484 | 0.2% | 94.3% |
| 30 | 22nd District of Florida (Rep. Lois Frankel) | $5,198 | 0.2% | 94.5% |
| 31 | 4th District of Michigan (Rep. Dave Camp) | $5,034 | 0.2% | 94.6% |
| 32 | 1st District of Michigan (Rep. Dan Benishek) | $2,944 | 0.1% | 94.7% |
| 33 | 1st District of Oklahoma (Rep. Jim Bridenstine) | $2,929 | 0.1% | 94.8% |
| 34 | 10th District of California (Rep. Jeff Denham) | $2,687 | 0.1% | 94.9% |
| 35 | 9th District of California (Rep. Jerry McNerney) | $2,342 | 0.1% | 95.0% |
| 36 | 1st District of New Hampshire (Rep. Carol Shea-Porter) | $1,984 | 0.1% | 95.0% |
| 37 | 6th District of Michigan (Rep. Fred Upton) | $1,924 | 0.1% | 95.1% |
| 38 | 2nd District of Wisconsin (Rep. Mark Pocan) | $1,380 | 0.0% | 95.1% |
| 39 | 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) | $1,341 | 0.0% | 95.2% |
| 40 | 12th District of Georgia (Rep. John Barrow) | $1,140 | 0.0% | 95.2% |
| 41 | 2nd District of Indiana (Rep. Jackie Walorski) | $1,089 | 0.0% | 95.2% |
| 42 | 4th District of South Carolina (Rep. Trey Gowdy) | $209 | 0.0% | 95.2% |
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.
