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May 1, 2004

Potlatch Corporation Adopts FSC Certification

Spokane, Washington-based Potlatch Corporation has become the first U.S.-based, publicly traded wood products company to have its forestlands certified according to standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Potlatch chairman and CEO L. Pendleton Siegel announced on April 20, 2004 that forestry operations on the company’s 668,000 acres (270,300 ha) in Idaho have been FSC-certified. The company’s Idaho lumber and plywood mills will be chain-of-custody certified by the third quarter of 2004, and Potlatch is evaluating FSC certification for its 320,000 acres (129,500 ha) in Minnesota and 485,000 acres (196,300 ha) in Arkansas.
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