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Future of Recreation: The Problem with Rogue Trail Building
The rules for creating a trail from scratch vary depending on jurisdiction and land ownership, but almost everywhere there is a process for doing it legally. For a variety of reasons – everything from ignorance to rebellion – many trail builders don’t bother.
Future of Recreation: Caring for Wildlife
If a hiker walks on a trail does the bear notice? This is not a philosophical play on the old one about a tree falling in the forest. It’s a serious question more and more biologists, land managers and recreationalists are searching to understand.
ORCBC collaborating with Selkirk Innovates on guide for rural communities
ORCBC has teamed up with Selkirk Innovates to develop a comprehensive guide aimed at empowering rural BC communities to identify, understand, and seize opportunities for economic and community development through outdoor recreation.
Future of Recreation: Water Sustainability Plans
The province is using its water planning tool for the first time. What you need to know about the future of water management and WSPs.
Outdoor Recreation Council of BC Celebrates Inaugural Grant Intake for Outdoor Recreation Fund of BC
The Outdoor Recreation Council of BC (ORCBC) is celebrating the inaugural grant intake for the Outdoor Recreation Fund of BC. ORCBC administers the fund and is pleased to announce 30 recipients across the province totalling $250,711 in grants.
Future of Recreation: 10 Things You can do About the Drought
What the outdoor recreation community can do about low snowpacks, forest fire risk and prepare for a hotter, drier future.
AGM recap: Introducing ORCBC’s new Board Chair
ORCBC’s 2024 Annual General Meeting was held via Zoom on June 5, 2024. Here are a few notes from the new ORCBC Board Chair, Eric Vanderkruk.
Request for Proposals
ORCBC is seeking proposals from qualified consultants to develop an Outdoor Recreation Communities Guide.
ORCBC Story Series
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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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 this story series, we feature recreation organizations that are advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples through trail and outdoor recreation projects. We hope these stories inspire other community groups to contribute to advancing reconciliation in a meaningful and positive way, thereby ensuring the long-term sustainability of the outdoor recreation activities we love.
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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.