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Budget 2023: What we know so far
Finance Minister Katrine Conroy finished her budget speech earlier this afternoon. Here is what we know so far.
Province paves the way for forest and land management paradigm shift
ORCBC attended the Multi-Sectoral Old Growth Forum in Vancouver on Feb. 6-7 to learn about efforts by the Province of B.C., in partnership with First Nations, to implement the 14 recommendations identified in the Old Growth Strategic Review (OGSR) and develop a new Declaration on Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity.
Updated BC Parks reservation system open but doesn’t work for all
This week, the BC Parks campsite reservation system opened with a four-month rolling booking window, which means reservations are open for early May.
Are you our next Development Associate?
ORCBC is looking for an enthusiastic and innovative fundraising or marketing professional who loves the outdoors to help the ORCBC develop its fundraising and membership program.
Managing forest recreation values
After much anticipation from the recreation community, the Forest Practices Board released its special report Managing Forest Recreation Resources Values under FRPA in May last year. How did the Province respond?
New guide for managing public trails on private land
ORCBC has worked with McElhanney to create a best practices guide for developing and managing trails on private land to help trail advocates more effectively engage private land owners to win support for valued community trails.
Provincial funding sought for trail maintenance
We recently met with Parliamentary Secretary Kelly Greene to discuss our proposal for a new BC Trail Fund. Read more about how our meeting went and what we’re asking for.
Trail maintenance is broken
And not just in Pemberton. Just about every trail network faced the same crushing influx of extra traffic, and it has led many to the same conclusion as Thorlakson: “We need a different model for funding trail maintenance and development. The one we’ve got isn’t sustainable.”
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.