How are School Trust Lands Being Used?

School trust lands include lands that were granted by Congress to states at the time of their statehood, the mineral rights associated with those surface acres, lands acquired by exchanging school trust lands, and lands purchased with funds generated from a state’s school trust.

How states manage school trust lands depends on the state.

Some common uses of trust lands include oil and gas production, wind farms, grazing, agriculture, timber, solar farms, rights-of-way, and commercial, industrial, and residential development.