The DNR is proposing to rename a state forest after a former Democratic governor.
The Peshtigo River State Forest could become the Governor Earl Peshtigo State Forest, to honor former Governor Tony Earl. He was in office for one term in the 1980s. He was also a DNR secretary in the 1970s.
The Peshtigo River State Forest was created in 2001, in Oconto and Marinette counties.
