BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department. Some things to know about the two-term Republican governor of a sparsely populated state:

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will lead the Department of the Interior in the Trump administration, the president-elect announced.

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.