Congressional Public Lands Score by More Than Just Parks
Tim Sheehy
Scored under 60%.
Sen. Tim Sheehy, a Republican from Montana, earns an F on the Congressional Public Lands Score. Of the 19 scored Senate votes, Sheehy cast 1 for public lands and 17 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. Sheehy's seat is not on the 2026 ballot.
Every scored vote: 19 of 19 U.S. Senate votes counted
- Anti-landsLilly 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-landsPearce 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-landsOverturning 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-landsOpening 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-landsOverturning 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-landsOpening 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-landsOverturning 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-landsOverturning 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-landsOverturning 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
- MissedBoren 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.
Did not vote · October 7, 2025 · Roll call 547, 51 to 47
- Anti-landsNesvik 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-landsOne 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-landsVaden 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-landsMacGregor 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-landsOverturning 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
- Pro-landsPreventing 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
- Anti-landsReinstating 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-landsRollins 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-landsBurgum 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 Sheehy through the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
Open the full record in the scorecardPublic lands bills Sheehy sponsors or cosponsors
In the 119th Congress, Sheehy sponsors 3 and cosponsors 20 public lands bills.
- S.2860 Revitalizing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals Dominance Act
Sponsor · Introduced September 18, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.902 Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025
Sponsor · Introduced March 6, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.441 Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act of 2025
Sponsor · Introduced February 6, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.4619 Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026
Cosponsor · Signed on September 28, 2026 · 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.4410 Provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act, amending the Mineral Leasing Act
Cosponsor · Signed on May 11, 2026 · Not yet rated
- S.1470 Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Completion Act
Cosponsor · Signed on March 11, 2026 · Not yet rated
- S.3527 Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on December 17, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.2566 Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on July 31, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.2262 American Voices in Federal Lands Act
Cosponsor · Signed on July 21, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.J.Res.61 A resolution to overturn the Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment
Original cosponsor · Signed on July 10, 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.1462 Fix Our Forests Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on April 10, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.1061 Forest Service Accountability Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on March 13, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.453 Wildfire Intelligence Collaboration and Coordination Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · Signed on February 6, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.451 Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on February 6, 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.362 Allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification
Original cosponsor · Signed on February 3, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.356 Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · Signed on February 3, 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
- S.211 Resiliency for Ranching and Natural Conservation Health Act
Original cosponsor · Signed on January 23, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.140 Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025
Original cosponsor · Signed on January 16, 2025 · Not yet rated
- S.91 Western Wildfire Support Act of 2026
Original cosponsor · Signed on January 14, 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.
Sheehy's committees
- Senate Committee on Armed Services
Emerging Threats and Capabilities; Readiness and Management Support; Seapower
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Aviation, Space, and Innovation; Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries; Telecommunications and Media
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Committee seats from unitedstates/congress-legislators, read July 3, 2026.
Public lands in Montana
536 federal land units lie in or reach into Montana. The park with a More Than Just Parks guide: Glacier National Park.
Listed park guides first, then by size; the largest 40 of 536 are named.
- Glacier National Park 1,007,843 acres
- Miles City Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 2,757,930 acres
- Flathead National Forest 2,414,171 acres
- Lolo National Forest 2,301,792 acres
- Beaverhead National Forest 2,137,716 acres
- Lewis & Clark National Forest 1,873,439 acres
- Gallatin National Forest 1,850,413 acres
- Kootenai National Forest 1,763,656 acres
- Deerlodge National Forest 1,228,464 acres
- Bitterroot National Forest 1,127,056 acres
- Custer National Forest 1,115,754 acres
- Bob Marshall Wilderness 1,064,092 acres
- Malta Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 1,029,455 acres
- Glasgow Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 1,013,226 acres
- Helena National Forest 983,962 acres
- Glacier Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area 931,214 acres
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness 917,551 acres
- Dillon Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 905,751 acres
- Lewistown Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 641,345 acres
- Fort Peck Recreation Area 623,432 acres
- Bear - Marshall - Scapegoat - Swan Roadless Area 513,868 acres
- Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument 507,084 acres
- Kaniksu National Forest 457,047 acres
- Billings Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 429,680 acres
- Havre Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 395,379 acres
- Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge 394,376 acres
- Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Field Office 374,614 acres
- Bmss Ra 1485 Roadless Area 334,275 acres
- Butte Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 323,091 acres
- Great Bear Wilderness 287,012 acres
- Scapegoat Wilderness 259,785 acres
- Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness 255,478 acres
- West Pioneer Roadless Area 248,631 acres
- Fort Peck Lake 242,928 acres
- Lee Metcalf Wilderness 237,774 acres
- Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area Forest Service · 198,171 acres
- North Absaroka Roadless Area 180,137 acres
- Missoula Field Office Bureau of Land Management · 175,579 acres
- Anaconda Pintler Wilderness 158,754 acres
- Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge_Proposed Wilderness Area 157,955 acres
Fires burning on public land in Montana
- Sand Creek Fire 35,520 acres, 90% contained, updated October 26, 2026
- Gap Fire 0 acres, updated October 23, 2026
- Border Fire 100 acres, updated October 22, 2026
- Randall Fire 100 acres, updated October 23, 2026
Drilling, mining and logging on record in Montana: 1,852 oil and gas leases (1,455,391 acres); 1,415 timber sales (70,424 acres); 675 hardrock mining claims (54,625 acres); 40 coal leases (57,872 acres); 18 sand and gravel sales (2,541 acres).
Threatened public lands in Montana
- Bridger Pipeline Expansion Developing
- Bitterroot National Forest Developing
- Flathead National Forest Developing
- Stillwater Mine Expansion (Custer Gallatin National Forest) Developing
- Bear-Palmer Project (Custer Gallatin National Forest) Developing
- Gallatin Range (Custer Gallatin National Forest) Developing
- Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Critical
- Montana Sage-Grouse Habitat Developing
- Wales Creek Wilderness Study Area Watch
- 2026 Blowdown Emergency Logging (Northern Rockies) Developing
- Hoodoo Mountain Wilderness Study Area Watch
- American Prairie Developing
- Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area Watch
Federal land units from PAD-US, matched to the state's districts in the More Than Just Parks record, refreshed October 24, 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 Sheehy on lands issues
PACs and other committees gave Sheehy's campaign $442,825 in the 2025-26 cycle. Across the 2 cycles on record, oil, gas, mining and timber PACs gave $170,600, and conservation PACs gave nothing.
| Cycle | All PACs and committees | Oil and gas | Mining and coal | Timber | Conservation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | $1,678,900 | $118,000 | $21,800 | $7,300 | none |
| 2025-26 | $442,825 | $10,000 | $7,500 | $6,000 | none |
Itemized contributions from committees to the candidate (FEC S4MT00183), 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 Sheehy compares
The median senator scores 5%. Sheehy scores 5% and ranks #50 (tied) of 98.
More from Montana
Sen. Steve Daines F · Rep. Ryan Zinke F · Rep. Troy Downing F
What to ask Sheehy
Washington office: 124 Russell Senate Office Building. Phone (202) 224-2644. Official site
From Sheehy'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 miss the vote 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 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 Tim Sheehy vote on One Big Beautiful Bill?
Tim Sheehy 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 Tim Sheehy up for election in 2026?
No. Tim Sheehy's Senate seat from Montana is not on the 2026 ballot. Sheehy's grade on the 19 scored Senate votes so far is an F.
What public lands are in Montana?
536 federal land units lie in or reach into Montana. The largest are Miles City Field Office (2,757,930 acres), Flathead National Forest (2,414,171 acres) and Lolo National Forest (2,301,792 acres).