MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources' board is set to discuss a multitude of changes to the agency's stewardship program this week.
The program authorizes the DNR to borrow money for land purchases, boat landing repair, property development and grants to conservancy organizations. Republicans say the program is running up massive debt.
The state budget Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed in June reduced the program's borrowing authorization by millions of dollars. The spending plan also prohibits the DNR from buying any land outside existing project boundaries and directs the agency to sell 10,000 acres by mid-2017.
DNR officials are expected to brief the Natural Resources Board on the reductions and how the agency will implement them at a meeting Wednesday in Baraboo.
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