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Funding Boost for Recreation Agency Will Foster Healthy Communities and Create Jobs
ORCBC has launched a new campaign ahead of the 2022 budget that calls on the Province to invest more in one of its own recreation agencies that it says has fallen under the radar for government priorities.
BC’s Most Endangered Rivers: 2021/22 Urban Streams Edition
The atmospheric river that hit BC in November, and the surging rivers and major flooding that followed, dealt a massive blow to many communities, rivers systems and salmon stocks.
New responsibility code aims to make British Columbians better campers
BC’s parks and campgrounds have seen an influx of new visitors, some with little to no previous camping experience.
New investments needed to create improved access to nature
ORCBC is encouraged to see recognition of the need for increased investments in outdoor recreation by the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
BC Parks plans a positive first step but does little to resolve real issues, outdoor recreation group says
BC Parks released its plans this morning for how it will strike a balance between managing the increasing interest among British Columbians in enjoying BC’s parks this summer with coping with the environmental and cultural impacts.
BC Government supportive of working with the US to remove defunct Enloe Dam on the Similkameen River
An obsolete dam south of Osoyoos across the US border has taken another step forward towards its potential removal.
British Columbians stepping up for trails on the first BC Trails Day
This Saturday, outdoor recreation groups all across British Columbia will be uniting to celebrate the first-ever BC Trails Day.
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.