Several hundred thousand acres of national forest have burned in recent years.
Many acres of forest and trails lead through the local area.
In Colorado alone, 900 fires have consumed 54,000 acres of forest.
That includes almost a million acres (4,000 km2) of forest which formed the church's traditional economic base.
He said California now had 600,000 acres of charred forest.
The group said 1.9 billion acres of tropical forest remained.
By one estimate, his movement saved three million acres of forest since 1975.
One thousand acres of dense forest, to which there is no road.
So far this year, 804,196 acres of forest and brush has been reported burned around the nation.
Think about how many acres of forest there are out here.