In other vetoes, Walker eliminated a total of more than $1 million in grants for groups such as the Ice Age Trail Alliance, Gathering Waters Conservancy, Natural Resources Foundation, Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association and the River Alliance of Wisconsin.
He also vetoed a plan that would have created a Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail that showed drivers on Wisconsin highways how to get to landmarks the famed architect designed. Along with it, he removed a $500,000 grant that would have been used to promote the trail.
Walker also used his veto powers to: ■Make changes to an overhaul of the state's long-term care programs known as Family Care and IRIS. The changes clear the way for Walker to establish one statewide program if he wants, instead of having it carved into regions. ■Eliminate a measure that would have made construction materials tax exempt if it is used for schools, municipalities or nonprofit groups. Walker said he supported the idea but thought the provision had been written too broadly ■Kill a requirement that half the money the state receives for selling public land be used to pay off debt and half set aside for future land purchases. Walker said he wanted all the money to go toward paying off debt.