Rapid industrial development can have unplanned consequences for the landscape and lead to conflicts among stakeholders. Impacts to traditional and subsistence-based land users can be significant, but have gone largely unexamined. We studied marten trapper attitudes toward industrial development and how these perceptions coincide with measurements of land-use activities in western Alberta, Canada. Sampled trappers had negative attitudes toward industrial activity, with a disproportionate emphasis on timber harvesting. Trappers with concerns about industrial activity had more developed traplines. Trappers who were less concerned about industrial development were more likely to have good working relationships with specific companies and felt involved in land management decisions. Our findings indicate that the extent of disturbance alone does not determine the level of trapper concern and discuss
the factors
that could lead to disparity in attitudes and improve communications.

alberta, attitudes, development, furbearers, marten, stakeholders, trapping