What can you do?

[Burnham]

M and I live adjoining a 22 acre property that for 38 years was owned by a couple that have recently passed. Basically hermits, always friendly and accomodating, but as a visible impact on our lives, just about invisible. The daughter sold it, and the new owners are a seemingly very nice young couple (from our perspective ) with 4 kids 13 to 7.

Our issue is that they apparently hate trees. There are/were some 15 acres or so of mixed older Doug fir, alder, and naturally seeding in younger DF on their acreage alongside ours. We share 660 feet of boundary.

As we speak, he is quite competently removing every tree with a large JD excavator with root grapple...some minor chainsaw work, but pretty much all dig out one side and push over. Piling it all for burning come winter, presumably.

We frankly hate it. But it is their property to do with as they wish.

My greatest fear is that they will develop a dirt track for their kids on quads, with we understand is a passion of theirs, along with sand rails and large, loud 4x4 vehicles for everyday driving.

Just venting. Thanks for reading my diatribe .

 

[stikine]

Any opportunity for you to discuss a small buffer strip between your properties? 22 acres is substantial.

 

[BlackSmith]

Which direction does the wind usually blow? There’s good money in raising hogs or so I hear.

 

[flushcut]

Didn’t you tell us about a spotted owl or some other endangered species living in the woods next door? Lol

That sucks about the woods.

 

[Burnham]

Any opportunity for you to discuss a small buffer strip between your properties? 22 acres is substantial.

Pretty much all gone already. He doesn't let any grass grow under his feet, I'll say that .

It's an awkward shaped piece...only maybe 500 feet wide and over a quarter mile deep. So, it really is just about the shape a buffer might be in total . Basically, no opportunity existed from the get-go, and certainly not at this stage.

 

[SeanKroll]

That's tough, B.