Opinion ID: 2637937
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: South of the house

Text: Green's use of the land between the house and the Old Richardson Highway to the south was less extensive than her use of the eastern area. Given the character of the land, however, her activities are still sufficient to show actual use. Like the eastern side of the property, the area to the south is a bluff face descending steeply to a natural boundary: the old Richardson highway. [46] Unlike the eastern area, there is not a significant flat area between the house and the slope; Ken Colette indicated that the steep drop-off began only about thirty-five feet from the house. As was discussed above, Green extracted rock from the southeast corner of the property, at the base of the bluff. In addition, she cleared trees to the south of the cabin in order to see the Alaska Range from her house. Over a period of years, she enlarged the cleared area to the southwest in order to bring more mountain peaks into view. Green testified that she had originally planned to plant lilac bushes along the cleared southern slope, but decided to keep the natural foliage because she didn't want to look out on anything that looked citified like that. Given the rugged nature of the bluff's south slope, Green's activities in clearing trees to the south and southwest and quarrying for rock to the southeast are sufficient to support the trial court's finding that she adversely possessed the area.