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Washougal considers allowing ‘green burials’

Nov. 10 seminar to gauge interest

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Clark County Cemetery District No. 1 Commissioner William Zalpys walks past natural burial sites at the Fern Prairie Cemetery. He said it takes one to two years for the graves, framed by untreated wood, to settle into the ground.

As Washougal explores the idea of allowing “green burials,” in the Washougal Memorial Cemetery, advocates say there are environmental and financial benefits to natural burials.

Brad McMasters’ mother, Nancy Aguirre, of Vancouver, who died at the age of 67 in October 2010, indicated to him that she wanted a natural burial in Western Washington.

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