POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Richard A. Clarke
                                 (DIRECTOR)

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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Kenneth T. Derr
                                (DIRECTOR)


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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                                Allen F. Jacobson
                                   (DIRECTOR)


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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              George F. Jewett, Jr.
                                   (DIRECTOR)


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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Richard B. Madden
                                 (DIRECTOR)
 

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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Richard M. Morrow
                                 (DIRECTOR)
 


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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Vivian W. Piasecki
                                  (DIRECTOR)



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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Toni Rembe
                              (DIRECTOR)



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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              John M. Richards
                                 (DIRECTOR)



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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Reuben F. Richards
                                  (DIRECTOR)


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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Richard M. Rosenberg
                                   (DIRECTOR)


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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Robert G. Schwartz
                                  (DIRECTOR)


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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Charles R. Weaver
                                 (DIRECTOR)


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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              Frederick T. Weyerhaeuser
                                     (DIRECTOR)


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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
  
  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
  
     I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
  appoint Betty R. Fleshman or, in her absence or inability to
  act, John M. Richards or L. Pendleton Siegel, or any of them,
  my attorney-in-fact for me and in my name, place and stead to
  execute for me and in my behalf in each or any one of my
  offices and capacities with Potlatch Corporation, as shown
  below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Potlatch Corporation
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, to be filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, and any and all amendments thereto,
  hereby ratifying, approving and confirming all that any such
  attorney-in-fact may do by virtue of these presents.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed these presents this
  1st day of March, 1996.
  
  
  
  
                              William T. Weyerhaeuser
                                    (DIRECTOR)