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Working in a Good Way: Secwépemc Landmarks project
When you know where to look, and what to look for, everything from a cedar tree to a mountain, a pile of rocks to a cave has a story to tell, says Louis Thomas.
Working in a Good Way: Fighting inequality with sport
“My hope is we’ll see it continue to build and more and more kids will gain health and wellness, there’s such an incredible imbalance of power and opportunity.”
Working in a Good Way: A common denominator
“Over the past eight years, these volunteers from Indigenous and recreational fishing organizations have cultivated an atmosphere of trust and respect along the Fraser River”.
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.”
Climate change and recreation: A warming planet will change how we play
This is the first in a series of articles exploring the connection between climate change and recreation. Through conversations with scientists, advocates, land managers, recreationalists, and more, we’ll look at how a warming world and more extreme weather is impacting the activities we love.
Wild Places and Green Spaces: A Citizen’s Guide to Proving Public Access
With the goal of empowering citizen groups to defend access to the wild spaces they care about, today the Environmental Law Centre and the Outdoor Recreation Council released Wild Places and Green Spaces: A Citizen’s Guide to Proving Public Access.
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.