Harriet Hageman: “The federal government owns about half of [Wyoming's]…”

“Many on the east coast of America might be surprised to learn that the federal government owns massive amounts of the western states. In Wyoming, The federal government owns about half of [Wyoming's] 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.” (00:27–00:35)

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