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.

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.

Who is Doug Burgum? All you need to know about Trump’s pick to run the Interior Department - Burgum has been an outspoken supporter of the president-elect and was on the shortlist for VP