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Why a BC staycation might be your best adventure yet
With the ongoing international uncertainty and shifting travel trends, more people are choosing to stay closer to home. In a province like BC, that choice still offers endless possibilities.
Outdoors for All: An Inspiration Guide for Creating Welcoming Outdoor Recreation Spaces
The outdoors is for everyone—but creating spaces where everyone feels they truly belong requires intentional effort. That’s why the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC (ORCBC) is proud to introduce Outdoors for All, our new inspiration guide designed to help outdoor groups take meaningful steps toward building more inclusive and accessible communities.
New guide argues creating a more welcoming outdoors is good for everyone
The Outdoors for All: An Inspiration Guide for Creating Welcoming Outdoor Recreation Spaces highlights how inclusive initiatives can transform outdoor spaces for everyone. From adaptive trails in Kimberley to welcoming newcomers, the guide showcases practical steps and success stories, inspiring outdoor groups to foster diversity and connection in recreation.
Advocating for B.C.’s Outdoor Recreation Future
Today, we shared an open letter with Premier David Eby, urging his government to prioritize investment in outdoor recreation across British Columbia. As a vital contributor to B.C.’s economy, community well-being, and environmental stewardship, outdoor recreation is central to our province’s identity.
New ORCBC Toolkit Empowers Communities with Outdoor Recreation Research Tools
ORCBC has released its latest resource, Conducting and Using Visitor and Recreational User Research – a comprehensive toolkit designed to help local governments, First Nations, and recreation groups strengthen their ability to gather and apply data on recreational users and visitors.
Outdoor Recreation Council applauds BCIT for making a Guichon Creek spillway passable for salmon
The 100,000-member Outdoor Recreation Council of BC (ORCBC) applauds the BC Institute of Technology (BCIT) for the major work now underway to modify the last major impediment to the movement of salmon along Guichon Creek so that it will become “fish passable.”
ORCBC Story Series
This new series focuses on the many benefits – some well known, many less so – that outdoor recreation brings to people, communities and the province. .
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From access to nature to apps and AI, the evolution of trail construction to electric power, this story series looks at how recreation will change and evolve over the short and long term.
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In this story series, we feature recreation organizations that are advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples through trail and outdoor recreation projects.
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This story series explores the connection between climate change and recreation. Through conversations with scientists, advocates, land managers, recreationists, and more, we look at how a warming world and more extreme weather is impacting the activities we love. But more than glum news, we’re interested in how the recreation industry is already hard at work preparing for change, reducing the impacts, and actively trying to slow global warming.
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In a time when trails, roads, campgrounds, rivers and lakes are busier than ever, it’s important to remember that it takes a community to make fun possible. This story series profiles the people who work behind the scenes in B.C., so you can have that special moment today.