Land Uses
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.
Oil & Gas
Oil and Gas extraction
Timber
All types of Forestry activities
Mining
Mining of a variety of resources
Agriculture
Farming, Ranching, and Grazing
Real Estate
Land Sales, Rights of Entry, and Special Uses
Other Uses
Recreation, Wind and Solar Energy, and Telecommunication