SELLOUTS vs. CHAMPIONS
Know where your legislators stand on public lands and wildlife. The first step in holding our elected leaders accountable for whether or not they protect our public lands and wildlife is knowing how they voted. Did they champion public lands and public wildlife, or did they vote to sell off our heritage?
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top SELLOUTS
Note: While Senators Tim French and Laura Pearson are not up currently for re-election, they are the legislators most actively trying to privatize and sell off our wildlife. So we want folks to take note, even though they’re not on the ballot this year.
top CHAMPIONS
Note: Senator Nethercott is not up for re-election in 2026, but has been one of the most vocal defenders of sportsmen and women on the Senate floor, and deserves a spot in the Top Defenders.
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How Legislators Are Scored
WE looked at votes on key bills:
Looking at the 2025 and 2026 interim and general legislative sessions, we scored votes on legislation broadly supported or opposed by Wyoming’s sporting community that directly impact public lands, public wildlife, and science-based management. Each legislator is graded on how they voted on each bill, and legislators are given a pass, mix, or fail score.
WE also looked who sponsored key bills:
If a legislator sponsored anti-public lands, public wildlife, or scientific management bills, they received an additional negative score to highlight their active opposition to our values. Likewise, sponsors of legislation to protect public lands against selloff, or to increase Game & Fish’s ability to manage wildlife, received additional positive scores.
FINALLY, we gave an Overall Score:
PRO: Legislators with the top track record in all three categories. Only legislators who have consistently voted to protect Wyoming over time get a PRO score.
MIX: Legislators with mixed records. Some legislators are good in one category, but not in another; others have a mixed voting record in one category (e.g. voted for SJR 2 in 2025 and for SJR 9 in 2026). These are legislators who, if running again, may need to be asked questions about where they would stand on these issues if re-elected.
ANTI: Legislators with the worst track record in all three categories, or who sponsor legislation that runs counter to our values. These are legislators who are actively working against public lands, public wildlife, and/or scientific management.
HOW WE CHOSE TOP SELLOUTS, AND TOP CHAMPIONS:
This PAC is about elections, and winning them for public lands and wildlife. We looked at legislators who are up for re-election, either in their current seat or another office, and who are the leaders in either working against our values or protecting our heritage. With just a few exceptions, those are the folks who earned the top spots.
legislation we used for scores:
Public Lands:
2025: Senate Joint Resolution 2 would have required the transfer of all public lands to the state of Wyoming, risking eventual sell-off. This was an anti-public lands resolution, and we scored legislators whose final vote was for this resolution with a -1, and legislators who voted against this with a +1. Legislators who sponsored this resolution earned a -3.
2026: Senate Joint Resolution 9, supported public lands and all the ways Wyoming residents depend on these lands, as well as promoting local input on land management decisions. This was a pro-public lands resolution, and we scored legislators whose final vote was for this resolution with a +1, and legislators who voted against this with a -1. Legislators who sponsored this resolution earned a +3.
Public Wildlife:
2025: Senate File 118 would have allowed for the private sale of landowner licenses, which would have privatized Wyoming’s wildlife and enabled pay-to-play hunting. This was an anti-public wildlife bill, but did not receive a vote. Sponsors of this legislation earned a -3 score.
2026: Senate File 51 would have also allowed for the private sale of landowner licenses. This was an anti-public lands resolution, and we scored legislators whose final vote was for this resolution with a -1, and legislators who voted against this with a +1. This bill was sponsored by the Agriculture Committee, and legislators who voted for it in committee earned a -3 score.
Scientific Management:
2025: House Bill 186 would have taken bear management out of the hands of Game and Fish. This was an anti-scientific management bill, and we scored legislators whose final vote was for this bill with a -1, and legislators who voted against this with a +1. Legislators who sponsored this resolution earned a -3.
2025: House Bill 286 would have decimated the ability of Game and Fish to manage mountain lion hunting seasons. This was an anti-scientific management bill, and while it did not receive any votes, legislators who sponsored this bill earned a -3.
2026: Senate File 25 would have given Game & Fish an additional tool to manage wildlife licenses, capping landowner licenses in hunt areas with limited opportunity. While largely supported by landowners and sportsmen and sponsored by the Travel, Wildlife, and Recreation Committee, the bill failed on the final vote in the House. This was a pro-scientific management bill, and we scored legislators whose final vote was for this bill with a +1, and legislators who voted against this with a -1.