Congressional Public Lands Score by More Than Just Parks

Resigned March 2026

Scored under 60%.

Markwayne Mullin, a Republican who served Oklahoma in the Senate, earns an F on the Congressional Public Lands Score. Of the 16 scored Senate votes held while Mullin was in office, Mullin cast 0 for public lands and 15 against, and missed 1. The two closest: Yea on One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1), 50 to 50, and Nay on Preventing Public Lands Sell-Off (S.Amdt.2107), 48 to 51. Mullin resigned in March 2026.

Every scored vote: 16 of 19 U.S. Senate votes counted

• Not in office

  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.

  Not in office · August 7, 2026 · Roll call 225, 51 to 47

• Not in office

  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.

  Not in office · May 18, 2026 · Roll call 125, 46 to 43

• Not in office

  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.

  Not in office · 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

• 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

• 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

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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.

Public lands bills Mullin sponsors or cosponsors

In the 119th Congress, Mullin sponsors 0 and cosponsors 2 public lands bills.

• 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.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 7, 2026. A bill is rated only when a named person approves a rating that quotes its provision; none of these has one yet.

Public lands in Oklahoma

61 federal land units lie in or reach into Oklahoma.

Listed by size; the largest 40 of 61 are named.

• Ouachita National Forest 353,441 acres
• Eufaula Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 101,458 acres
• Fort Sill 93,725 acres
• Robert S. Kerr Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 62,656 acres
• Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge 59,021 acres
• McAlester Army Ammunition Plant Defense Department · 44,913 acres
• Indian Nations National Scenic And Wildlife Area 44,642 acres
• National Guard Camp Gruber Defense Department · 33,482 acres
• Black Kettle National Grassland 30,688 acres
• Oologah Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 28,333 acres
• Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area 26,617 acres
• Keystone Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 22,342 acres
• Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge 21,182 acres
• Kaw Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 16,903 acres
• Fort Gibson Lake 16,804 acres
• Rita Blanca National Grassland 15,652 acres
• Sardis Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 14,532 acres
• Little River National Wildlife Refuge 14,236 acres
• Broken Bow Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 13,764 acres
• Tenkiller Ferry Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 13,523 acres
• Hugo Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 11,501 acres
• Upper Kiamichi River Wilderness 10,799 acres
• Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge 10,557 acres
• Skiatook Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 10,541 acres
• Waurika Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 10,012 acres
• Wichita Mountains Wilderness North Mountain Unit 9,786 acres
• Chickasaw National Recreation Area 9,678 acres
• Great Salt Plains Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 8,719 acres
• Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge 8,555 acres
• Beech Creek Roadless Area 8,302 acres
• Canton Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 8,101 acres
• Beech Creek National Scenic Area Forest Service · 8,042 acres
• Robert S. Kerr National Botanical Area Forest Service · 7,971 acres
• Tinker Air Force Base 5,599 acres
• Optima Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 5,290 acres
• Black Fork Mountain Wilderness 5,139 acres
• Pine Creek Lake Army Corps of Engineers · 5,082 acres
• Rich Mountain Roadless Area 5,029 acres
• Altus Air Force Base 4,095 acres
• Vance Air Force Base 3,385 acres

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Fires burning on public land in Oklahoma

• Wildhorse Fire 10 acres, updated October 23, 2026

Drilling, mining and logging on record in Oklahoma: 994 oil and gas leases (156,298 acres); 193 timber sales (8,076 acres); 7 coal leases (31,822 acres).

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

Federal land units from PAD-US, matched to the state's districts in the More Than Just Parks record, refreshed October 25, 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.

How Mullin compares

The median senator scores 5%. Mullin scored 0%.

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Questions people ask

Not in the record for Markwayne Mullin yet: campaign money.