A slightly disturbed NA with two well-defined tracks suitable for hiking.

Crippsdale Natural Area shows signs of degradation from dumping and ATV usage. Signs of a healthy ungulate population including spotting about 8 White Tail Deer. The site has a utility corridor and ATV track. The area is best visited during freeze or dry periods to avoid wet conditions.

1. Inspection Report
2. Images from Inspection

Inspection Report

Question	Q##	Response
		General Information
Date/Site/Submitter:	Q21/22/12	2024-03-29: Crippsdale; Phrank P.
Guest Names	Q14	Frank Potter
SAPAA Member	Q16	Yes
		Over all Impression of the Site
What is the Naturalness of the Site? 4=Great, 0=Terrible	Q31	3
How Natural?: comments	Q32	Moderately disturbed despite the utility corridor and a significant ATV track. Some signs of dumping.
		How was your visit to the PA?
Trip Duration	Q41	1-2 hours
Why Did you Go?	Q42	Other (see comments)
Visit Details	Q43	Research for yegville.ca posting.
		What is in the Site?
Ease to Visit	Q51	Other (see comments)
Biological Observations	Q52	Saw about 8 white tail deer leave the site and head west across the farmers field.
Submissions to iNaturalist	Q53	No, did not see anything of note
Geological Observations	Q54
Designation as a Protected Area	Q55	Signage, Fencing, Exists but in disrepair
Comments	Q56	A single natural area sign was on TWP 592.
		Human Activities/Disturbances
Agricultural Activities	Q61	Other (see comments)
Resource extraction	Q62	None Noted
Motorized disturbances (ATV or vehicle activity).	Q63	Off Highway Vehicles (e.g. quads, motorbikes)
Animal or self propelled activities	Q64	Other (see comments)
Gathering and Dumping Activities	Q65	Garbage dumping
Infrastructure encroachment	Q66	Pipelines
Comments	Q67	A utility corridor cuts across the bottom half of the NA. It does not appear to be well travelled due to the lack of tracks in the snow.
		What Needs to be Done?
Remediation/Protection Activities Needed	Q71	Fencing, Cleanup, Signs, Continued Monitoring, Educating Neighbours about Site Usage
What Have you Done Recently to Help the site?	Q72	Visit and Submitted This Report!
Nearby Stewards?	Q73
Comments	Q74	There is an ATV track that starts at the utility corridor and heads north and then west, roughly paralleling the utility corridor. This track showed moderate usage based on recent tracks from a week or so prior. The ATV track starts to the east of the property and extends northwest. I did not have time to follow it completely. Because the ATV track goes through a wet area, this site is best visited during the freeze or dry periods. Likely very wet in the spring and summer.
Last Words	Q82	A family (a mother and father, two daughters and a young son) emerged from the NA as I was entering it carrying rifles. They were the source of the shots I had heard in the area. I followed their footsteps expecting to find a range of some sort but there was not any. I suspect they were randomly shooting into the woods along the trail. Beyond a grave safety issue, a poor role model for their 3 kids, all under the age of about 12.

Images from Inspection