Two Republican legislators are looking to restrict state land purchases beyond the limits that Gov. Scott Walker has proposed, circulating a bill that would allow local government officials to veto stewardship acquisition deals.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' board will get an in-depth look this week at dramatic cuts Republican lawmakers made to the agency's stewardship program, the key mechanism for preserving land in the state.

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The state’s Republican-controlled budget committee voted, 12-4, on Wednesday to reduce Wisconsin’s budget for land stewardship, which sets aside land for public purposes, by millions of dollars two years after reducing it by $26 million.

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Republicans on the Wisconsin Legislature budget committee are hinting it might be time to slow state land purchases and concentrate on paying down debt.

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