The 78th Street Heritage Farm, bounded by Northeast 68th Street and Northeast 78th Street in Hazel Dell, contains a cemetery of some 300 graves consisting of a potter’s field and pioneer graves.
Personnel from Clark County notified us that a chain-link fence in the cemetery will be pulled up and moved westward, with work starting this week. The fence would still be in the cemetery.
We are concerned that this is a desecration of the gravesites.
Also, there are two Douglas firs over 80 feet tall that may have their roots disturbed. These trees on county property will be an extra cost to the county should this result in damage.
A great deal of additional shrubbery will also be removed, destroying animal sanctuary.
Letting the fence remain, as is, would solve these problems and save the cost of the procedures.
