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Climate change and recreation: Impacts to recreation infrastructure
Garnet Mierau won’t say the Logan Lake Community Forest saved the town, but it sure appears that way. In August 2021, northerly winds pushed the Tremont Creek forest fire to the edge of Logan Lake. Yet firefighters were able to stop it in the community forest before it could scorch any of the houses or businesses.
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?
Working in a Good Way: The trail is the start
“Reconciliation is the most complicated question of our generation,” Rannala says. “I don’t pretend to have the answer. But a trail is not such a bad place to start.”
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.
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.