Bridge Project today releases a new report, “The Kochs’ Campaign to Privatize and Make More Money Off Our Public Lands,” exposing the Koch campaign to seize America’s national treasures and drain their resources — rinse and repeat.

The end of September saw the expiration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). And, though it went less covered than the barely-avoided, GOP-advocated government shutdown, the potential implications of the program’s lapse are staggering. Millions of acres of land, from parks and trails, to wildlife refugees and forests, are protected by the LWCF — but that will all change should Congress fail to renew the program — if Charles and David Koch get their way.

The Koch brothers and their big-industry allies have for years had their sights on the development of federal public lands — where they currently face legal restrictions on exploration and leasing. ALEC, the Kochs’ lobbying vehicle for state-level legislative advocacy, has driven a campaign across the western United States to challenge public land restrictions, and the Kochs have had no problem calling in favors from the numerous numbers of Congress they’ve helped rise to power.

The great constant throughout Charles and David’s careers has been a active interest in selfishly exploiting the environment to maximize their personal profits — irregardless of the impact on the health and well-being of the American public.

The expiration of the LWCF is the Koch brothers’ watershed moment — their chance to hijack America’s public lands and activate new, destructive revenue streams throughout the western United States.

Read the full report here: