In 1998-98 Alberta had 471 livestock applications. 446 (94.7%) of these were approved. This is a significant statistic, however, in spite of this approval rate, there are significant issues facing ILO development in the province. In 2000 there were several large development applications which received substantial community oppostiion and genrated a lot of media coverage. This wave of oppoistion continues to effect development applications, to varying degrees across the provincce and reflects and increasing trend of the countryside being regarded as a common resource with public increasingly a say in how it is managed.