Trees have been cleared from property at 7240 E. Holly Lane to create a swath of open land down the hillside to Lake Monroe. The bottom portion of the cleared area belongs to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and should not have been cleared, authorities say. Courtesy photo

Trees have been cleared from property at 7240 E. Holly Lane to create a swath of open land down the hillside to Lake Monroe. The bottom portion of the cleared area belongs to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and should not have been cleared, authorities say. Courtesy photo

A woman kayaking near the Pine Grove area of Lake Monroe a few weeks ago made a startling discovery and sent her neighbor, Hondo Thompson, pictures of her find.

There’s a new “lakefront” property at 7240 E. Holly Lane with a direct view of the water.

A swath of trees down a hillside has been razed. Right to the lake’s edge.

“These folks cleared all the way down to the water,” Thompson said by phone Tuesday. “Of course, my fear is that anybody going along the water is going to think it’s OK to cut trees down to the water.”