The effort to assess the economic damage from geese depredation still has a lot of member support, but not much progress has been made. The Foundation is working with several other state Farm Bureaus in an effort to address the nationwide problem of geese depredation to agricultural land. The federal government “manages” this natural resource through the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1916) and treaties with Canada, Japan, Mexico and the Soviet Union. Populations of domestic Canada Geese are increasing at a rate of 6-14% annually. The Foundation hopes to work for a legal or administrative remedy to this problem.