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While Senate Republicans have sought to sell millions of acres of public lands — which the vast majority of their constituents disagree with — Rep. Ryan Zinke has emerged as a leading conservative working to kill the effort.

Public lands are our birthright. A conservation legacy passed down from generation to generation. We hunt, fish, hike, fall in love, and heal on our lands and waters. We use them to make a living or escape from the grind.

Rep. Ryan Zinke visited the Noxon Bridge on Tuesday, saying afterward that the project is his number one priority.

"The bridge is 100 years old and it has holes the size of trash can lids," Zinke told The Ledger, saying that he was surprised and concerned at the amount of deterioration that has occurred since his last visit in October. "The bridge isn't going to last six years."