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2026 BC Trails Day Microgrant Recipients
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2026 BC Trails Day Microgrant Program! ORCBC is supporting 31 groups across British Columbia with microgrants to help deliver local BC Trails Day events.
BC’s Outdoor Recreation Community to Gather in Kamloops for First-Ever Provincial Conference
More than 300 leaders, volunteers, innovators, and community builders from across British Columbia will gather in Kamloops from May 20 to 22 for the province’s first-ever conference dedicated entirely to outdoor recreation.
Notice of 2026 Annual General Meeting for ORCBC
Notice of annual general meeting for the Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia’s members has been served.
Free gear repairs at the ORCBC conference
The KORE Re-Hub Tour launches at the ORCBC Conference, offering free repairs for outdoor gear. Attendees can drop off items onsite to be fixed by professionals, helping extend gear life and reduce waste.
Get ready for BC Trails Day: Funding available
BC Trails Day (June 6) brings communities together to celebrate and care for trails. Register your event, access $300 micro-grants, and join us in promoting stewardship, connection, and responsible outdoor recreation across British Columbia.
Access is a relationship: Working with private landowners in BC
Working with private landowners is essential for trail access in BC. This blog outlines key steps to build trust, secure agreements, manage risk, and maintain long-term access.
New partnership to strengthen outdoor recreation in B.C.
ORCBC and College of the Rockies signed an MOU to support workforce development, applied learning, and collaboration across B.C.’s outdoor recreation sector, aligning training with community and industry needs.
$335K invested in community-led outdoor recreation projects across B.C.
The Outdoor Recreation Council of BC is investing $335,000 in 47 community-led projects, responding to unprecedented demand and supporting trail improvements, environmental stewardship, and inclusive access to outdoor recreation across British Columbia.
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.