By Zuri Anderson
Jan 19, 2021
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Currently, there are three facilities in the state licensed to perform natural organic reduction, or NOR. Gov.
Jay Inslee signed legislation in 2019 that approved alternative means of handling human human remains, which became effective in 2020.
Walt Patrick, a senior steward at Herland Forest in Klickitat County, said NOR is is another way of returning bodies to the land.
“This is simply another option at a time when people feel they have no options,” Patrick said. “You know, death has intervened and changed your life forever. How can you do something at least to make it the way you want?”