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Zac Johnson
6:59 - 7:19
"Two concerns. One, that by doing natural burials, that we risk either water contamination or that predators like bears might unearth remains. And can you say that those have been addressed or mitigated?"
“Two concerns. One, that by doing natural burials, that we risk either water contamination or that predators like bears might unearth remains. And can you say that those have been addressed or mitigated?”
- Speaker
- Zac Johnson
- Timestamp
- 6:59 – 7:19
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 1, 2026
From the transcript
Two concerns. One, that by doing natural burials, that we risk either water contamination or that predators like bears might unearth remains. And can you say that those have been addressed or mitigated? Yes. So we actually have a couple different conditions on the disposal that we added.
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