President-elect Donald Trump has tapped North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the U.S. Department of Interior, which oversees the management of 500 million acres of public lands across the country, controls 700 million acres of subsurface lands and 1.7 billion acres of the outer continental shelf.

Close your eyes and imagine oil derricks sprouting up all over the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge and vast fields of mining equipment around the Grand Canyon.

President-elect Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) to lead the Interior Department, which manages the nation’s public lands and waters. Trump also said Friday that Burgum