Royale Williams gave a talk at the California Academy of Sciences about the history and importance of cultural burns. These burns not only promote cultural revival, but also ecological health, as they invigorate the overall health of forests, from vegetation to animals. She was joined by Maddy Rifka whose image, Good Fire, was the first-place winner of the 2024 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition.
You can watch Royale’s talk here!
