Wisconsin lawmakers cut conservation spending by $88 million. Walker wanted a moratorium on stewardship land buys.

The governor wants to cut 66 positions, force state parks to support themselves through fee increases and remove citizen control of DNR.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget would eliminate 66 DNR positions, freeze conservation land purchases and withdraw tax support to state parks.

Experts say it costs more to clean up problems in lakes and rivers than it does to use scientific methods of prevention.

Stewardship land buys would be crushed as highway borrowing rises, but Assembly Republicans may salvage part of the program.