Potlatch Corporation

Spokane, Washington, USA, 21 March 2008 --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) has scheduled its First Quarter webcast and conference call for 24 April 2008, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific time (11 a.m. Eastern).

Results for the first quarter of 2008 will be released via Business Wire before the market opens on 24 April 2008. The conference call and webcast will be hosted by Michael J. Covey, Potlatch chairman, president, and CEO; and Eric J. Cremers, vice president, Finance, and CFO.

Investors can access the webcast at www.potlatchcorp.com and conference call by dialing 866-383-8009 (USA/Canada) and 617-597-5342 (international). Participants will be asked to provide passcode number 65659071.

For those unable to participate in the call, an archived recording will be available through the Potlatch Corporation Web site at www.potlatchcorp.com for approximately one year following the conference call. A telephone replay of the conference call will be available until 01 May 2008, by calling 888-286-8010 (USA/Canada) or 617-801-6888 (international) and entering passcode number 34928645.

Potlatch owns 1.65 million acres of forestland in Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and operates 13 manufacturing facilities that produce lumber and panel products and bleached pulp products, including paperboard and tissue. The company, which employs 3800 people, also conducts a land sales and development business. Potlatch, a verified forest practices leader, is committed to providing superior returns to stockholders through long-term stewardship of its resources.