A visit by the Alberta Mycological Society indicates an environment with sparse human activity. Aside from mushroom picking, no significant disturbances or resource extraction were noted.

Ryan, the new Foray Coordinator with Alberta Mycological Society (and SAPAA member), has provided this site inspection report. A selection of mushroom photos are provided but are not from Ryan’s submission.

Inspection Report

Question	Q##	Response
		General Information
Date/Site/Submitter:	Q21/22/12	2024-08-02: Poplar Creek (PNT) (NA); Ryan A.
Guest Names	Q14	Ryan A.
SAPAA Member	Q16	Not Sure
		Over all Impression of the Site
What is the Naturalness of the Site? 4=Great, 0=Terrible	Q31	4 – Great
How Natural?: comments	Q32	The site has continued to mature. Less dense ground cover (rose bush). Some areas had tall grass. A few pieces of trash that appeared to have blown in from the west road (and collected). No signs of damage or destruction.
		How was your visit to the PA?
Trip Duration	Q41	1 hour
Why Did you Go?	Q42	Mushrooming
Visit Details	Q43	3 members picked mushrooms for the Devonian EXPO. Not a lot of specimens as the conditions were quite dry.
		What is in the Site?
Ease to Visit	Q51	None of the Above
Biological Observations	Q52	The area was unmarked.
Submissions to iNaturalist	Q53	Not Applicable
Geological Observations	Q54	We did not make it to the creek edge – I did not notice any new geological formations in the area we surveyed.
Designation as a Protected Area	Q55	None Noted
Comments	Q56	I only know it is protected as we’ve picked there before and Pieter has discussed it.
		Human Activities/Disturbances
Agricultural Activities	Q61	Not Applicable
Resource extraction	Q62	None Noted
Motorized disturbances (ATV or vehicle activity).	Q63	None Noted
Animal or self propelled activities	Q64	None Noted
Gathering and Dumping Activities	Q65	Bush party sites (e.g. bottles), Other (see comments, Q67)
Infrastructure encroachment	Q66	None Noted
Comments	Q67	Parking area had signs of an old fire pit. Some bottles/trash were nearby.
		What Needs to be Done?
Remediation/Protection Activities Needed	Q71	Nothing, all good
What Have you Done Recently to Help the site?	Q72	Visit and Submitted This Report!, Cleanup
Nearby Stewards?	Q73
Comments	Q74	Sorry – I do not have photos. This is my first year as the Foray Coordinator. At the time of the visit, I was unaware that I needed to complete this report. Next year (or perhaps later this year) I will document it better.
Last Words	Q82

SAPAA Site Inspection Report: 2024-08-02: Poplar Creek (PNT) (NA); Ryan A.