Seattle photojournalist Karen Ducey | news and documentary photographer

Portfolio: • Climate

  • Isis Macadaeg, age 7, plays in a spray park at Jefferson Park during a heat wave in Seattle, Washington, U.S., June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • Raindrops hit a puddle on a sidewalk on a wet evening in Seattle on Wednesday, January 31, 2024.
  • Nicholas Bouker wipes his brow as he picks salmon out of the net in Ekuk, Alaska on July 4, 2019. Temperatures reached into 90's in Anchorage - 25 degrees above average - a record high. Rising water temperatures throughout the summer caused an estimated 100,000 fish to die. (Photo by Karen Ducey)
  • Gillnet fishing boats run by diesel fish for sockeye salmon on the North Line boundary of Egegik River in Bristol Bay, Alaska in July 1996. Bristol Bay is located in the southwest part of Alask. It is managed by {quote}the Alaska Department of Fish and Game{quote} and is a sustainable fishery. Until around the year 2000, fishing on the Egegik North Line was lively and lucrative. Bristol Bay is home to the world's largest sockeyesalmon fishery. The commercial salmon drift gillnet fishing fleet is limited to boats no longer than 32 feet in length There were over 1,800 permanent entry permits listed in 2002 which each vessel is required to have. Typically boats fish with two or three deckhands. Peak of the season is around July 4th in this fishery which lasts about a month. The rivers also get a fair amount of chum, king, and chinook salmon.
  • A man sleeps by a bench at Alki Beach in West Seattle as smoke from wildfires cover the city of Seattle, Washington, U.S., September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • Smoke from wildfires covers the skyline of Seattle, Washington, U.S., September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • Shanton Alcaraz from the Salvation Army Northwest Division gives bottled water to Eddy Norby who lives in an RV and invites him to their nearby cooling center for food and beverages during a heat wave in Seattle, Washington, U.S., June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • A man wearing a mask rows his boat as smoke from wildfires cover Seattle, Washington, U.S., September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • Steam rises off tree stumps on the lake bed of Rattlesnake Lake as Allie and Richard Walker from San Fransisco and their 7 year old dog Digby - shaking off after a swim in the lake - explore the strange terrain near North Bend on Saturday, December 29, 2023. The lake which is experiencing the second lowest lake level on record is spring-fed by the nearby Cedar River and is not used for drinking water. Rattlesnake Lake is located outside the Cedar River Municipal Watershed near North Bend. The recreation area is owned and managed by Seattle Public Utilities.
  • Visitors walk among tree stumps on the lake bed of Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend on Saturday, December 29, 2023. The lake which is experiencing the second lowest lake level on record is spring-fed by the nearby Cedar River and is not used for drinking water. Rattlesnake Lake is located outside the Cedar River Municipal Watershed near North Bend. The recreation area is owned and managed by Seattle Public Utilities.
  • Visitors walk among tree stumps soewing steam as the sun comes up over a ridge on the bed of Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend on Saturday, December 29, 2023. The lake which is experiencing the second lowest lake level on record is spring-fed by the nearby Cedar River and is not used for drinking water. Rattlesnake Lake is located outside the Cedar River Municipal Watershed near North Bend. The recreation area is owned and managed by Seattle Public Utilities.
  • Nancy and Jim McMurrer try and stay warm by sitting by their gas fireplace under blankets in their home in Lake Forest Park on November 30, 2022. Their power, run by Seattle City Light, went out last night sometime before 10pm. “I kept waking up wondering what time it was,” said Nancy. They have several flashlights and lit candles throughout their house last night. Jim is thankful they at least have gas to run the fireplace -though the fan doesn’t run without electricity- and is concerned that so many cities are changing their building codes to not allow gas in new construction. The couple has hot water at least. Nancy says she is going to take a hot shower so she can feel “toasty and warm.”
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service biological sciences technician Jack Brill, left, and fish biologist Roger Tabor inspect a non-native warm water species, for salmonids in Seattle on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The fish were caught were caught by scientific technicians from WDFW in the Union Bay/Webster Point area of Lake Washington. 224747
  • A yellow perch regurgitates chinook smolt during an inspection by US Fish and Wildlife Service scientists monitoring salmonid predation by non-native, warm water species in the the Union Bay/Webster Point area of Lake Washington in Seattle, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023
  • Gary Spieskie carries sockeye salmon after picking them out of gillnets on a setnet site in Ekuk, Alaska on July 4, 2019. Temperatures reached into 90's in Anchorage - 25 degrees above average - a record high. Rising water temperatures throughout the summer caused an estimated 100,000 fish to die. The average price paid to fishermen this year for sockeye salmon was $1.35 per pound. Sockeye is a highly valued species of salmon known for its red meat and steaklike quality. (Photo by Karen Ducey)
  • Set netters Loren Huffman, Virginia Andrews and other family members toss sockeye salmon into the back of a pickup truck filled with brackish and ice in Ekuk, Alaska on the Nushagak River in Bristol Bay on July 5, 2019. Temperatures reached into 90's in Anchorage - 25 degrees above average - a record high. Rising water temperatures throughout the summer caused an estimated 100,000 fish to die. The truck will head down the beach to deliever their catch to the seafood processor Ekuk Fisheries minutes away. Three generations of the family fish the setnet site, where the matriarch, Kay Andrews, says her grandmother, mother, aunts and uncles fished.
  • Deckhands on the F/V Okuma pick sockeye salmon out of a gillnet on the Nushagak River in Bristol Bay, Alaska on July 6, 2019. All crewman must hold a crewmember fishing license. Gillnet mesh size is restricted to protect juveniles and other salmon species.(Photo by Karen Ducey)
  • Sisters and set netters from left to right: Kayla Andrews, Selena Andrews, Karen Andrews, and Virginia Andrews, from Aleknagik, Alaska take a break on the beach in Ekuk, Alaska on the Nushagak River in Bristol Bay on July 5, 2019. Three generations of the family fish the setnet site, where the girls grandmother, Kay Andrews, says her grandmother, mother, aunts and uncles fished.
  • Darrol Haug from Edmonds measures the height of the water to the top of the seawall on the Edmonds waterfront during a very high tide on December 28, 2022. Haug is concerned about global warming and the Army Corps of Engineers' estimate that he thinks says the water could rise somewhere around two feet to four feet by 2040 or something like that. Haug estimates that the seawall will not hold back the rising tides if their estimates are correct and logs, debris, and water could come over. A coastal flood warning remains in effect in the Puget Sound region. Significant coastal flooding is expected until 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
  • Kevin Buhr power washes silt away from his front walk in Silvana on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. He has lived here for 20 years and says he knew what he was getting into when he moved here. The Stillaguamish River set a preliminary record at 21.34 feet — the highest the river has ever risen — with major flooding in Silvana
  • Closed roads and flooded farmlands by the Stillaguamish River on Norman Rd in Snohomish County on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The Stillaguamish River set a preliminary record at 21.34 feet — the highest the river has ever risen — with major flooding.
  • Closed roads and flooded farmlands by the Stillaguamish River (seen at the top) on Norman Rd in Snohomish County on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The Stillaguamish set a preliminary record at 21.34 feet — the highest the river has ever risen — with major flooding
  • Flooded farmland off 28th Ave NW, a closed road in Norman, Snohomish County, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The Stillaguamish River set a preliminary record at 21.34 feet — the highest the river has ever risen — with major flooding in Silvana.
  • Farmfields flooded along Marsh Rd with power lines in the background on a foogy morning in Snohomish on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
  • Scott Schuyler, policy representative for the Upper Skagit Tribe, sits on a rock on the bank of the Skagit River near the Diablo Dam on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The area is near a historic village site named after the bears. The tribe is one of the lead advocates for grizzly reintroduction in the North Cascades. 225376
  • The Skagit River downriver of the Diablo Dam on Thursday, November 9, 2023. 225376
  • “I can feel my ancestors in the cold, clean waters of the Skagit near Setattle Creek,” says Scott Schuyler, policy representative for the Upper Skagit Tribe, who dips his hand in the waters of the Skagit River near the Diablo Dam on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The Upper Skagit tribe has a historic village site nearby that is named after bears. “I come to that area as often as I can,” he says. “to walk where my ancestors walked, to breathe where my ancestors breathed, and to contemplate the future.” The tribe is one of the lead advocates for grizzly reintroduction in the North Cascades. 225376
  • The Skagit River flows past an old growth tree root in the Goodell Careek Campground boat launch area on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The area is near a historic Upper Skagit Tribe village site named after bears. The tribe is one of the lead advocates for grizzly reintroduction in the North Cascades. 225376
  • A large tree trunk resting along the banks of the Skagit River reveals an orange interior near the Diablo Dam on Thursday, November 9, 2023. 225376
  • Kevin Lenon, Tribal Council and former vice chair of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, right, talks about the reintroduction of grizzlies to the area and the devastation they would have on people, plants and animals while standing by the Sauk River north of Darrington on Thursday, November 9, 2023. At left is Michael Grant, wildlife biologist for the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, and Nino Maltose II, center, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe chairman. 225376
  • Trees burned from wildfires are seen through unscorched trees with autumn leaves on them on a hillside by Hwy 20 near Newhalem on Thursday, November 9, 2023. 225376
  • Jon Riedel, an expert in hydrology, a glaciologist and retired from the National Parks Service, is photographed at the Diablo Lake Overlook, in the North Cascades National Park on Friday, January, 12, 2024.
  • High-voltage transmission lines and snow peaked mountains and forests seen from Newhalem in the foothills of the North Cascades on Friday, January, 12, 2024. The Skagit River Hydroelectric Project consists of a series of dams and hydroelectric power stations including the Gorge Powerhouse located just below out of the frame.
  • The snowline in the North Cascades National Park on Friday, January, 12, 2024.
  • Icicles cling to rock walls along SR 20, the North Cascades Hwy, on Friday, January, 12, 2024.
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