When landscape professionals use the term “occupational hazard,” they mean it. Besides the risks from working with tools that can hurt you if you don’t handle them properly, there are less ...

Since we live in a high fire-hazard region, it’s a good idea to take stock of your landscape to make sure you’re doing all you can to reduce the chance of wildfire damaging your home.

“I hope a lot of counties take a good, hard look at their landscape hazard zones after this,” said Dan McShane, an engineering geologist in Bellingham, who blogs at Reading the Washington Landscap ...