Erika Schultz

6 days ago | seattletimes.com | Amanda Zhou |Erika Schultz

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. SOUTH PARK — The water came with no warning.

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes |Erika Schultz |Fiona Martin |Lauren Frohne

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. Shaped by fire and ice, the Columbia River and its landscape have been forever changing.

3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Erika Schultz

With megaphones and signs in hand, Space Needle employees and supporters gathered below the iconic landmark Monday to protest the elimination of the Space Needle’s unionized photography department during contract negotiations. Around 10 professional photographers, represented by UNITE HERE! Local 8, were in the process of negotiating their first contract. The photographers work at both the Space Needle and Chihuly Garden and Glass.

Jan 1, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Erika Schultz

By Seattle Times staff photographer Erika Schultz: is a Seattle Times staff photographer: [email protected].

Dec 17, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Erika Schultz

SKAGIT VALLEY — As the days grow shorter and colder, thousands of winter waterfowl migrate to this valley, drawn to the region’s intertidal estuaries, marshes and rich agricultural lands. Bird watchers, too, flock to North Puget Sound to catch a glimpse of the birding bonanza: snow geese, swans, short-eared owls, Northern pintail and eagles and other raptors, from October to March.