Congressional Public Lands Score by More Than Just Parks

Jerry Moran

Republican · U.S. Senate · Kansas

Ranked #54 (tied) of 98 scored

Scored under 60%.

Sen. Jerry Moran, a Republican from Kansas, earns an F on the Congressional Public Lands Score. Of the 19 scored Senate votes, Moran cast 0 for public lands and 18 against, and missed 1. 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. Moran'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
Missed
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
Did not vote · 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 Moran through the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Open the full record in the scorecard

Public lands bills Moran sponsors or cosponsors

In the 119th Congress, Moran sponsors 0 and cosponsors 3 public lands bills.

S.4619 Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026
Original cosponsor · Signed on May 21, 2026 · Not yet rated
S.602 Wildfire Resilience Through Grazing Research Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on February 13, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.171 Remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on January 21, 2025 · Not yet rated

Bills and cosponsors from the congress.gov API, read September 29, 2026. A bill is rated only when a named person approves a rating that quotes its provision; none of these has one yet.

Moran's committees

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade; Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (Chairman); Department of Defense; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies; State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Aviation, Space, and Innovation (Chairman); Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy; Telecommunications and Media
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Chairman)
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

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

Public lands in Kansas

46 federal land units lie in or reach into Kansas.

Listed by size; the largest 40 of 46 are named.

Cimarron National Grassland 108,598 acres
Fort Riley 101,726 acres
Milford Recreation Area 45,289 acres
Perry Recreation Area 39,433 acres
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area 34,548 acres
Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range Defense Department · 33,943 acres
Melvern Recreation Area 23,490 acres
Clinton Recreation Area 22,656 acres
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge 22,163 acres
Wilson Recreation Area 21,808 acres
Kanopolis Recreation Area 21,212 acres
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge 18,552 acres
Milford Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 16,727 acres
Cheney Wildlife Area 15,868 acres
McConnell Air Force Base 13,880 acres
Hillsdale Recreation Area 13,176 acres
Perry Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 10,984 acres
Tuttle Creek Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 10,639 acres
Glen Elder Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation · 10,606 acres
Pomona Recreation Area 10,467 acres
Wilson Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 8,701 acres
El Dorado Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 7,882 acres
Clinton Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 7,762 acres
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge 7,608 acres
John Redmond Reservoir Army Corps of Engineers · 7,471 acres
Melvern Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 6,967 acres
Marion Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 6,154 acres
Fort Leavenworth 5,703 acres
Hillsdale Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 4,258 acres
Pomona Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 4,170 acres
Kanopolis Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 3,866 acres
Elk City Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 3,054 acres
Council Grove Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 2,618 acres
Toronto Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 2,484 acres
Fall River Lake 2,370 acres
Lovewell Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation · 1,934 acres
Cedar Bluff Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation · 1,230 acres
Kirwin Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation · 1,157 acres
Keith Sebelius Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation · 521 acres
Fort Larned National Historic Site 415 acres

Drilling, mining and logging on record in Kansas: 433 oil and gas leases (117,862 acres).

None of the places on the threatened public lands map is in Kansas.

Federal land units from PAD-US, matched to the state's districts in the More Than Just Parks record, refreshed October 23, 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 Moran on lands issues

PACs and other committees gave Moran's campaign $458,500 in the 2025-26 cycle. Across the 4 cycles on record, oil, gas, mining and timber PACs gave $65,500, and conservation PACs gave nothing.

Cycle	All PACs and committees	Oil and gas	Mining and coal	Timber	Conservation
2019-20	$659,050	$8,000	none	none	none
2021-22	$2,111,116	$41,500	none	$2,500	none
2023-24	$505,050	$11,000	none	none	none
2025-26	$458,500	$2,500	none	none	none

Itemized contributions from committees to the candidate (FEC H6KS01096, FEC S0KS00091), 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 Moran compares

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

More from Kansas

Sen. Roger Marshall F · Rep. Tracey Mann F · Rep. Derek Schmidt F · Rep. Sharice Davids A · Rep. Ron Estes F

What to ask Moran

Washington office: 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Phone (202) 224-6521. Write to Moran · Official site

From Moran'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 miss the vote 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 Jerry Moran vote on One Big Beautiful Bill?

Jerry Moran 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 Jerry Moran up for election in 2026?

No. Jerry Moran's Senate seat from Kansas is not on the 2026 ballot. Moran's grade on the 19 scored Senate votes so far is an F.

What public lands are in Kansas?

46 federal land units lie in or reach into Kansas. The largest are Cimarron National Grassland (108,598 acres), Fort Riley (101,726 acres) and Milford Recreation Area (45,289 acres).