Rick Perry was talking about just that (could have been a video of a townhall in Iowa) -- He said places like Yellowstone and the Everglades would be set aside but that America had over 300 years of energy to tap and that we needed to go get it. He also is not opposed to alternative energy (but not subsidized by the federal government).
It is just important that lands with nothing of great value to them be returned as well as those with exploitable resources. The federals have been actively pushing people off their land by denying them roads and access and water, which amounts to eminent domain without remuneration.
In addition, some candidates need to face the fact that despite the ego trip of ever expanding power to the office of the presidency, the president needs to work with a friendly congress to *diminish* presidential power by law. Removing those tools that have built up over the years by which a president takes power away from congress and the judiciary for his own use.
This would be a humbling experience for any candidate. To state that if elected, he wants less power than his predecessors.