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Future of Recreation: Recreation and reconciliation
During the Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C.’s January webinar titled Reconciliation and recreation: Indigenous perspectives. Roxanne Joe and Saya Masso discussed how recreation groups can work with First Nations and be their allies in reconciliation. The main message: it’s a relationship-building process that begins and ends with listening.
ORCBC welcomes framework for biodiversity & ecosystem health, offers recommendations
The Outdoor Recreation Council of BC (ORCBC) welcomes the BC Government’s commitment to a new approach to managing forest, land and water resources and ensuring they are healthy and resilient for future generations, and outlines concerns and recommendations.
BC Parks opens up for spring camping reservations
While the snow and more seasonal temperatures are helping us to finally embrace the winter season, it’s not too early to start planning your camping adventures. The BC Parks campsite reservation system is open with a four-month rolling booking window, which means reservations are open for early May.
Future of Recreation: Navigating the planning path
In recent years, the provincial government has rolled out a bewildering alphabet soup of agreements, frameworks and policies: land, water and marine planning, cumulative effects assessments, old growth reviews, managing for ecosystem health, biodiversity commitments, tripartite cooperation, conservation finance, plus so many acronyms (UNDRIP, MLUP, IPCAs, FRPA). It’s all part of a dramatic shift in how lands and waters are managed in B.C.
Future of Recreation: Volunteer crisis or crossroads?
“Critical lack of volunteers…” “Not-for-profit struggling to recruit…” “Fewer people giving money and time.” It’s a trend mirrored by what the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC hears from many of its members. It’s why we hosted a webinar in December focused on recruiting and retaining volunteers. But the webinar’s three panellists had an alternative take on the crisis.
Webinar Recap: Improving volunteer recruitment and engagement
Volunteers are the heart of outdoor recreation. Most non-profits couldn’t function without them. To help the outdoor recreation sector tackle the volunteer crisis ORCBC hosted a webinar focused on recruiting and engaging volunteers. Here are our key takeaways.
Outdoor Recreation Council applauds BCIT for making a Guichon Creek spillway passable for salmon
The 100,000-member Outdoor Recreation Council of BC (ORCBC) applauds the BC Institute of Technology (BCIT) for the major work now underway to modify the last major impediment to the movement of salmon along Guichon Creek so that it will become “fish passable.”
Future of Recreation: Planning for the better
Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. As the provincial government introduces a new planning regime, the six Ps apply to Crown land, too. For the recreation community, the changes mean significant new opportunities to express priorities and opinions.
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.