Pennsylvania lawmakers are taking a look at state ownership of land and how much can be spent per acre on hunting grounds, in particular.

The state House Game & Fisheries Committee on Tuesday voted to support lifting the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s limit of $400 per acre for acquiring land in the state’s most populous counties.

This followed a hearing Thursday before the Senate Game & Fisheries Committee on what one participant called “excessive government land ownership” in Pennsylvania.

“This is an important issue,” the Senate committee Chairman Greg Rothman, R-Cumberland/Dauphin/Perry, said. “This is just the beginning of a conversation ... .

“I do think there’s a balance that we can strike and that we can all work together for the benefit of the commonwealth, our wildlife, o

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