A few dates:

• July 23, 1980: Then-President Carter signs the Central Idaho Wilderness Act, creating the 2.2-million-acre Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.
• Nov. 4, 1980: Larry Craig is elected to Congress.
• Jan. 6, 2009: A new Congress is sworn into office, ending Craig's 28-year congressional career.
• March 25, 2009: Idaho's first wilderness bill since 1980 — creating the 517,000-acre Owyhee Canyonlands wilderness — passes Congress.

A succinct but fair assessment of Larry Craig's dismal public lands legacy/Kevin Richert.

Question: Would Congress have passed the Owyhee Wilderness bill, if Larry Craig was still a U.S. senator from Idaho?