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Trump has ambitious plans for federal land use. This is why he may not be able to accomplish them all.

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President-elect Donald Trump has ambitious plans to utilize U.S. federal lands for the extraction of natural resources.

Existing regulations may prove difficult to overcome, environmental law experts told ABC News .

Trump won't be able to "just turn on the spigot" for new oil and gas drilling on day one of his administration, experts said.

Environmental groups have sued the Trump administration 266 times and won about 90% of those actions.

The Sierra Club's Manuel: "We're going to have to sue their pants off every chance we get" Trump 's loss in the 2020 election may have been the speed bump needed to thwart his agenda, experts say.