North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) was chosen to lead the Department of the Interior during President-elect Trump's administration. Why it matters: Burgum, who has connections to the oil and gas industry, is expected to lead the push to open more public lands to fossil fuel leasing and roll back environmental protections.

President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as interior secretary, rounding out another key pick for his fast-building administration. “He’s going to be fantastic,

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.