Congressional Public Lands Score by More Than Just Parks

Mike Crapo

Republican · U.S. Senate · Idaho

Ranked #54 (tied) of 98 scored

Scored under 60%.

Sen. Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho, earns an F on the Congressional Public Lands Score. Of the 19 scored Senate votes, Crapo cast 0 for public lands and 19 against. The two closest: Yea on One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1), 50 to 50, and Yea on Overturning Boundary Waters Mining Ban (H.J.Res.140), 50 to 49. Crapo's seat is not on the 2026 ballot.

Every scored vote: 19 of 19 U.S. Senate votes counted

Anti-lands
Lilly Fish and Wildlife and Parks (En Bloc) S.Res.817
En bloc confirmation of 74 nominees under S.Res.817, including Kevin Lilly as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, the official overseeing the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Lilly, a Texas wealth manager, drew formal opposition from the National Parks Conservation Association, and senators from both parties questioned his lack of land management experience. Confirmed 51-47. Senators who voted Yea confirmed every nominee in the package.
Voted Yea · August 7, 2026 · Roll call 225, 51 to 47
Anti-lands
Pearce BLM Director (En Bloc) S.Res.690
En bloc confirmation of 49 nominees under S.Res.690, including Stevan Pearce as Director of the Bureau of Land Management, the agency managing 245 million acres of public land. As a congressman, Pearce repeatedly backed transferring or selling federal public land. Confirmed 46-43. Senators who voted Yea confirmed every nominee in the package.
Voted Yea · May 18, 2026 · Roll call 125, 46 to 43
Anti-lands
Overturning Boundary Waters Mining Ban H.J.Res.140
CRA resolution overturning the 20-year mining ban on 225,000 acres of the Superior National Forest upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the most visited wilderness in America. Became Public Law 119-85.
Voted Yea · April 16, 2026 · Roll call 84, 50 to 49
Anti-lands
Opening Arctic Refuge to Drilling H.J.Res.131
CRA resolution overturning the 2024 environmental protections for oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, stripping safeguards from the 1.56-million-acre coastal plain calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd
Voted Yea · December 4, 2025 · Roll call 632, 49 to 45
Anti-lands
Overturning Powder River Basin Coal Protections (WY) H.J.Res.130
CRA resolution nullifying the Bureau of Land Management's 2024 Buffalo Field Office resource management plan amendment in Wyoming, which made approximately 413,000 acres of federal coal unavailable for future leasing in the Powder River Basin.
Voted Yea · November 20, 2025 · Roll call 623, 51 to 43
Anti-lands
Opening Western Arctic to Drilling S.J.Res.80
CRA resolution nullifying the 2022 management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, which had closed about half of the 23-million-acre Western Arctic reserve to new oil and gas leasing
Voted Yea · October 30, 2025 · Roll call 599, 52 to 45
Anti-lands
Overturning Central Yukon Protections (AK) H.J.Res.106
CRA resolution nullifying the Bureau of Land Management's Central Yukon resource management plan in Alaska, which designated 21 areas of critical environmental concern covering approximately 3.6 million acres. The resolution removed a land-plan barrier to the Ambler Road, which would cross Gates of the Arctic National Preserve; the administration had restored the road's federal permits three days earlier. Became Public Law 119-50.
Voted Yea · October 9, 2025 · Roll call 560, 50 to 46
Anti-lands
Overturning Miles City BLM Protections (MT) H.J.Res.104
CRA resolution rolling back Bureau of Land Management resource management plans for the Miles City Field Office in Montana, opening public lands to expanded industrial use
Voted Yea · October 8, 2025 · Roll call 549, 52 to 47
Anti-lands
Overturning North Dakota BLM Protections H.J.Res.105
CRA resolution rolling back Bureau of Land Management resource management plans for the North Dakota Field Office, removing protections from public lands across the state
Voted Yea · October 8, 2025 · Roll call 556, 50 to 45
Anti-lands
Boren USDA Under Secretary (En Bloc) S.Res.412
En bloc confirmation of 108 nominees under S.Res.412, including Michael Boren as USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, the official directly overseeing the U.S. Forest Service. Confirmed 51-47. Senators who voted Yea confirmed every nominee in the package.
Voted Yea · October 7, 2025 · Roll call 547, 51 to 47
Anti-lands
Nesvik USFWS Director PN25-35
Confirmed Brian Nesvik as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency responsible for endangered species protections and the National Wildlife Refuge System
Voted Yea · August 1, 2025 · Roll call 470, 54 to 43
Anti-lands
One Big Beautiful Bill H.R.1
Reconciliation bill mandating four Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain lease sales, five National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska lease sales, a four-million-acre coal leasing mandate, coal royalty rate cuts from 12.5% to 7%, a 250-million-board-foot yearly increase in national forest timber sales through 2034, and rescinding Inflation Reduction Act conservation funding
Voted Yea · July 1, 2025 · Roll call 372, 50 to 50
Anti-lands
Vaden Deputy Agriculture PN12-43
Confirmed Stephen Vaden as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, second in command of the department that houses the U.S. Forest Service
Voted Yea · June 10, 2025 · Roll call 301, 51 to 44
Anti-lands
MacGregor Deputy Interior PN13-10
Confirmed Katharine MacGregor as Deputy Secretary of the Interior, the department's chief operating officer, who led first-term efforts to shrink national monuments and expand drilling on public lands
Voted Yea · May 14, 2025 · Roll call 250, 54 to 40
Anti-lands
Overturning Glen Canyon Safeguards H.J.Res.60
CRA resolution overturning the National Park Service rule limiting off-road vehicle use in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, reopening those routes to motorized use
Voted Yea · May 8, 2025 · Roll call 239, 50 to 43
Anti-lands
Preventing Public Lands Sell-Off S.Amdt.2107
Budget resolution amendment (H.Con.Res.14) to bar the use of proceeds from selling federal public land for deficit reduction, the Senate's recorded vote on public land sales ahead of the reconciliation bill
Voted Nay · April 5, 2025 · Roll call 181, 48 to 51
Anti-lands
Reinstating Fired Land Managers S.Amdt.540
Budget resolution amendment (S.Con.Res.7) creating a reserve fund to reinstate the federal employees fired from the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service
Voted Nay · February 20, 2025 · Roll call 68, 48 to 52
Anti-lands
Rollins Agriculture Confirmation PN11-12
Confirmed Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service and 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands
Voted Yea · February 13, 2025 · Roll call 53, 72 to 28
Anti-lands
Burgum Confirmation PN11-3
Confirmed Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior, who oversees the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, despite his stated agenda to expand oil and gas extraction on public land
Voted Yea · January 30, 2025 · Roll call 26, 80 to 17

Roll calls and tallies from senate.gov, read October 26, 2026. Which side counts as pro-lands is the scorecard's call on each vote (methodology). Provision ratings: none of these bills has an approved rating yet, so none is named here.

Call Senator Crapo through the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Open the full record in the scorecard

Public lands bills Crapo sponsors or cosponsors

In the 119th Congress, Crapo sponsors 1 and cosponsors 12 public lands bills.

S.356 Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsor · Introduced February 3, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.Res.837 Designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week"
Original cosponsor · Signed on August 6, 2026 · Not yet rated
S.2579 Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · Signed on July 31, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.2262 American Voices in Federal Lands Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on July 10, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.1662 Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · Signed on May 7, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.1615 Northwest Wetlands Voluntary Incentives Program Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on May 6, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.1228 Modify the cost-sharing requirement for conservation projects carried out by a qualified youth or conservation corps, amending the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993
Original cosponsor · Signed on April 1, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.140 Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025
Cosponsor · Signed on March 3, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.211 Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act
Cosponsor · Signed on March 3, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.J.Res.11 Overturning the Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources
Cosponsor · Signed on February 24, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.544 Mining Regulatory Clarity Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on February 12, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.J.Res.12 A resolution to overturn the Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions
Original cosponsor · Signed on February 4, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.J.Res.4 A resolution to overturn the Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters
Original cosponsor · Signed on January 23, 2025 · Not yet rated

Bills and cosponsors from the congress.gov API, read October 22, 2026. A bill is rated only when a named person approves a rating that quotes its provision; none of these has one yet.

Crapo's committees

Senate Committee on Finance (Chairman)
Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure (Ex Officio); Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth (Ex Officio); Health Care (Ex Officio); International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness (Ex Officio); Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy (Ex Officio); Taxation and IRS Oversight (Ex Officio)
Joint Committee on Taxation (Chairman)
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection; Housing, Transportation, and Community Development; Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Senate Committee on the Budget

Committee seats from unitedstates/congress-legislators, read July 3, 2026.

Public lands in Idaho

716 federal land units lie in or reach into Idaho. The park with a More Than Just Parks guide: Yellowstone National Park.

Listed park guides first, then by size; the largest 40 of 716 are named.

Yellowstone National Park 36,921 acres
Boise National Forest 2,648,335 acres
Challis National Forest 2,454,807 acres
Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness 2,365,695 acres
Payette National Forest 2,328,123 acres
Nezperce National Forest 2,223,552 acres
Upper Snake Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 1,813,172 acres
Salmon National Forest 1,774,642 acres
Sawtooth National Forest 1,731,197 acres
Shoshone Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 1,723,598 acres
Clearwater National Forest 1,682,727 acres
Bruneau Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 1,448,603 acres
Jarbidge Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 1,321,755 acres
Targhee National Forest 1,308,596 acres
Owyhee Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 1,259,662 acres
Four Rivers Field Office 1,255,575 acres
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness 1,093,211 acres
Caribou National Forest 971,126 acres
Kaniksu National Forest 902,109 acres
St. Joe National Forest 867,929 acres
Burley Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 834,935 acres
Challis Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 792,074 acres
Sawtooth National Recreation Area 753,810 acres
Craters Of The Moon National Monument 752,329 acres
Coeur d'Alene National Forest 727,053 acres
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds Of Prey National Conservation Area 601,020 acres
Pocatello Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 600,267 acres
Department of Energy Energy Department · 567,306 acres
Salmon Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 493,904 acres
Bitterroot National Forest 467,678 acres
Boulder - White Clouds Roadless Area 461,860 acres
Craters of the Moon National Preserve 411,913 acres
Great Rift Wilderness Study Area 381,764 acres
Smoky Mountains Roadless Area 347,105 acres
Lemhi Range Roadless Area 308,234 acres
Pioneer Mountains Roadless Area 291,839 acres
Owyhee River Wilderness Area 270,906 acres
Cache National Forest 263,730 acres
Mallard-Larkins Roadless Area 255,792 acres
Bighorn - Weitas Roadless Area 254,937 acres

Fires burning on public land in Idaho

Nugget Hill Fire 70 acres, updated October 17, 2026
East Fork Fire 266 acres, 5% contained, updated October 22, 2026

Drilling, mining and logging on record in Idaho: 2,936 hardrock mining claims (96,876 acres); 865 timber sales (41,206 acres); 144 sand and gravel sales (32,824 acres); 29 geothermal leases (97,729 acres); 5 oil and gas leases (5,923 acres).

Threatened public lands in Idaho

Craters of the Moon National Monument
DeLamar Mine / Owyhee River Country Developing
Stibnite Mine / Boise National Forest Critical
Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers

Federal land units from PAD-US, matched to the state's districts in the More Than Just Parks record, refreshed October 22, 2026; acres are each unit's full size, and units overlap, so they are not added up. Easements on private land are left out. Fires from NIFC; mining claims, leases and timber sales from BLM and Forest Service records; read October 26, 2026.

Who funds Crapo on lands issues

PACs and other committees gave Crapo's campaign $610,775 in the 2025-26 cycle. Across the 4 cycles on record, oil, gas, mining and timber PACs gave $202,083, and conservation PACs gave $1,500.

Cycle	All PACs and committees	Oil and gas	Mining and coal	Timber	Conservation
2019-20	$580,550	$4,500	none	none	$1,500
2021-22	$2,199,050	$94,083	$15,000	$28,500	none
2023-24	$656,775	$17,500	$2,500	$1,000	none
2025-26	$610,775	$36,500	none	$2,500	none

Itemized contributions from committees to the candidate (FEC S8ID00027, FEC H2ID02034), net of refunds, read October 26, 2026. Industry is the giving PAC's industry in the More Than Just Parks record. A contribution says who gave, not why anyone voted as they did.

How Crapo compares

The median senator scores 5%. Crapo scores 0% and ranks #54 (tied) of 98.

What to ask Crapo

Washington office: 239 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Phone (202) 224-6142. Write to Crapo · Official site

From Crapo's own record:

Why did you vote Yea on Lilly Fish and Wildlife and Parks (En Bloc) (S.Res.817)?
Why did you vote Yea on Pearce BLM Director (En Bloc) (S.Res.690)?
Why did you vote Yea on Overturning Boundary Waters Mining Ban (H.J.Res.140)?
Why did you vote Yea on Opening Arctic Refuge to Drilling (H.J.Res.131)?
Why did you vote Yea on Overturning Powder River Basin Coal Protections (WY) (H.J.Res.130)?
Why did you vote Yea on Opening Western Arctic to Drilling (S.J.Res.80)?
Why did you vote Yea on Overturning Central Yukon Protections (AK) (H.J.Res.106)?
Why did you vote Yea on Overturning Miles City BLM Protections (MT) (H.J.Res.104)?
Why did you vote Yea on Overturning North Dakota BLM Protections (H.J.Res.105)?
Why did you vote Yea on Boren USDA Under Secretary (En Bloc) (S.Res.412)?
Why did you vote Yea on Nesvik USFWS Director (PN25-35)?
Why did you vote Yea on One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1)?
Why did you vote Yea on Vaden Deputy Agriculture (PN12-43)?
Why did you vote Yea on MacGregor Deputy Interior (PN13-10)?
Why did you vote Yea on Overturning Glen Canyon Safeguards (H.J.Res.60)?
Why did you vote Nay on Preventing Public Lands Sell-Off (S.Amdt.2107)?
Why did you vote Nay on Reinstating Fired Land Managers (S.Amdt.540)?
Why did you vote Yea on Rollins Agriculture Confirmation (PN11-12)?
Why did you vote Yea on Burgum Confirmation (PN11-3)?

Offices and phones from the Senate and House member feeds and unitedstates/congress-legislators, checked October 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

How did Mike Crapo vote on One Big Beautiful Bill?

Mike Crapo voted Yea on One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1) on July 1, 2025. The Senate vote was 50 to 50, and the scorecard counts Nay as the vote for public lands.

Is Mike Crapo up for election in 2026?

No. Mike Crapo's Senate seat from Idaho is not on the 2026 ballot. Crapo's grade on the 19 scored Senate votes so far is an F.

What public lands are in Idaho?

716 federal land units lie in or reach into Idaho. The largest are Boise National Forest (2,648,335 acres), Challis National Forest (2,454,807 acres) and Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness (2,365,695 acres).