In Wyoming, the federal government owns about half of our surface estate and 60% of the subsurface estate or our minerals. In Northeast Wyoming, The Bureau of Land Management's Buffalo Field Offices office owns and manages over 788,000 acres of land and 4.7 million acres of our mineral estate. Notably, this land encompasses Wyoming's share of the Powder River Basin, North America's largest coal deposit. Responsible for the production of 40% of our nation's coal, Wyoming is the largest coal producer in the nation. (00:35–00:48)
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Asserts the extent of land and mineral estate managed by the BLM in Wyoming.
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