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.

Republican Gov. of North Dakota Doug Burgum is Donald Trump's pick to lead US Department of the Interior. Here's what to know about the department.