Congressional Public Lands Score by More Than Just Parks

Elizabeth Warren

Democrat · U.S. Senate · Massachusetts

97%

Ranked #10 (tied) of 98 scored

Scored 90% or higher.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, earns an A on the Congressional Public Lands Score. Of the 19 scored Senate votes, Warren cast 18 for public lands and 0 against, and missed 1. The two closest: Nay on One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1), 50 to 50, and Nay on Overturning Boundary Waters Mining Ban (H.J.Res.140), 50 to 49. Warren's seat is not on the 2026 ballot.

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

Pro-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 Nay · August 7, 2026 · Roll call 225, 51 to 47
Pro-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 Nay · May 18, 2026 · Roll call 125, 46 to 43
Pro-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 Nay · April 16, 2026 · Roll call 84, 50 to 49
Pro-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 Nay · December 4, 2025 · Roll call 632, 49 to 45
Missed
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.
Did not vote · November 20, 2025 · Roll call 623, 51 to 43
Pro-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 Nay · October 30, 2025 · Roll call 599, 52 to 45
Pro-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 Nay · October 9, 2025 · Roll call 560, 50 to 46
Pro-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 Nay · October 8, 2025 · Roll call 549, 52 to 47
Pro-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 Nay · October 8, 2025 · Roll call 556, 50 to 45
Pro-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 Nay · October 7, 2025 · Roll call 547, 51 to 47
Pro-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 Nay · August 1, 2025 · Roll call 470, 54 to 43
Pro-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 Nay · July 1, 2025 · Roll call 372, 50 to 50
Pro-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 Nay · June 10, 2025 · Roll call 301, 51 to 44
Pro-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 Nay · May 14, 2025 · Roll call 250, 54 to 40
Pro-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 Nay · May 8, 2025 · Roll call 239, 50 to 43
Pro-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 Yea · April 5, 2025 · Roll call 181, 48 to 51
Pro-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 Yea · February 20, 2025 · Roll call 68, 48 to 52
Pro-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 Nay · February 13, 2025 · Roll call 53, 72 to 28
Pro-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 Nay · 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 Warren through the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Open the full record in the scorecard

Public lands bills Warren sponsors or cosponsors

In the 119th Congress, Warren sponsors 0 and cosponsors 9 public lands bills.

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.2042 Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025
Cosponsor · Signed on June 12, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.1926 Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on June 2, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.1519 Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · Signed on April 29, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.Res.180 Designating the week of April 19 through April 27, 2025, as "National Park Week"
Original cosponsor · Signed on April 10, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.1187 Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · Signed on March 27, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.1198 Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on March 27, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.859 Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · Signed on March 5, 2025 · Not yet rated
S.236 Amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Original cosponsor · Signed on January 23, 2025 · Not yet rated

Bills and cosponsors from the congress.gov API, read September 24, 2026. A bill is rated only when a named person approves a rating that quotes its provision; none of these has one yet.

Warren's committees

Senate Committee on Armed Services
Personnel (Ranking Member); Readiness and Management Support; Strategic Forces
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Ranking Member)
Digital Assets (Ex Officio); Economic Policy (Ex Officio); Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection (Ex Officio); Housing, Transportation, and Community Development (Ex Officio); National Security and International Trade and Finance (Ex Officio); Securities, Insurance, and Investment (Ex Officio)
Senate Committee on Finance
Health Care; International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness; Taxation and IRS Oversight
Senate Special Committee on Aging

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

Public lands in Massachusetts

48 federal land units lie in or reach into Massachusetts.

Listed by size; the largest 40 of 48 are named.

Cape Cod National Seashore 40,545 acres
National Guard Military Training Area Camp Edwards Defense Department · 20,558 acres
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge 7,953 acres
Parker River Proclamation Boundary 6,021 acres
Appalachian National Scenic Trail 5,294 acres
Devens Reserve Forces Tng Area Defense Department · 5,087 acres
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge 4,575 acres
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 3,854 acres
Otis Air National Guard Base 3,567 acres
Monomoy Wilderness Area 3,382 acres
Birch Hill Reservoir Army Corps of Engineers · 3,058 acres
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge 2,833 acres
Westover ARB Defense Department · 2,387 acres
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge 2,357 acres
Parker River Proposed Wilderness Area 2,240 acres
East Brimfield Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 2,021 acres
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge 1,696 acres
West River Reservoir 1,066 acres
Knightville Reservoir Army Corps of Engineers · 910 acres
Minute Man National Historical Park 783 acres
Westville Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 782 acres
Hanscom Air Force Base 776 acres
Hodges Village Reservoir Army Corps of Engineers · 771 acres
National Guard Military Training Area Camp Curtis Guil Defense Department · 703 acres
Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge 618 acres
Buffumville Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 550 acres
Tully Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 513 acres
Two Mile Landbridge Forest Service · 469 acres
Barre Falls Reservoir Army Corps of Engineers · 358 acres
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge 351 acres
Littleville Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 255 acres
North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery Fish and Wildlife Service · 228 acres
Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge 206 acres
Lowell National Historical Park 189 acres
Berkshire Trout Hatchery Fish and Wildlife Service · 148 acres
Conant Brook Reservoir Army Corps of Engineers · 134 acres
Tyringham Cobble National Park Service · 129 acres
Colebrook River Lake 114 acres
Barnes Map Air National Guard Defense Department · 111 acres
Boston National Historical Park 38 acres

Threatened public lands in Massachusetts

Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument Critical

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 Warren on lands issues

PACs and other committees gave Warren's campaign $19,000 in the 2025-26 cycle. Across the 4 cycles on record, oil, gas, mining and timber PACs gave nothing, and conservation PACs gave -$4,932.

Cycle	All PACs and committees	Oil and gas	Mining and coal	Timber	Conservation
2019-20	$317,411	none	none	none	-$5,000
2021-22	$8,700	none	none	none	none
2023-24	$59,031	none	none	none	$68
2025-26	$19,000	none	none	none	none

Itemized contributions from committees to the candidate (FEC S2MA00170), net of refunds, read September 13, 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 Warren compares

The median senator scores 5%. Warren scores 97% and ranks #10 (tied) of 98.

More from Massachusetts

Sen. Edward Markey A+ · Rep. Richard Neal A+ · Rep. James McGovern A · Rep. Lori Trahan A+ · Rep. Jake Auchincloss A · Rep. Katherine Clark A+ · Rep. Seth Moulton A · Rep. Ayanna Pressley A · Rep. Stephen Lynch A+ · Rep. William Keating A+

What to ask Warren

Washington office: 311 Hart Senate Office Building. Phone (202) 224-4543. Write to Warren · Official site

From Warren's own record:

Why did you miss the vote on Overturning Powder River Basin Coal Protections (WY) (H.J.Res.130)?

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

Questions people ask

How did Elizabeth Warren vote on One Big Beautiful Bill?

Elizabeth Warren voted Nay 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 Elizabeth Warren up for election in 2026?

No. Elizabeth Warren's Senate seat from Massachusetts is not on the 2026 ballot. Warren's grade on the 19 scored Senate votes so far is an A.

What public lands are in Massachusetts?

48 federal land units lie in or reach into Massachusetts. The largest are Cape Cod National Seashore (40,545 acres), National Guard Military Training Area Camp Edwards (20,558 acres) and Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge (7,953 acres).