The State of South Dakota has seen rising financial returns from the lease of public lands over the past few years, and that trend should continue.
Ryan Brunner Deputy Commissioner of the Office of School & Public Lands says they had a pretty good year…
The money from those leases is distributed to all the school districts across the state.
Brunner says there is more interest in oil leases in the north west part of the state, and the legislature has been involved in that development…
Brunner says it can be difficult to stay current with rapidly changing drilling technology…
Brunner is running for the open Commissioner’s job this fall. He faces Libertarian John English of Sioux Falls for the position.
