POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                    Richard A. Clarke             
                                        DIRECTOR             




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                     Kenneth T. Derr              
                                        DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                     Allen F. Jacobson            
                                         DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                     George F. Jewett, Jr.        
                                           DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                     Richard B. Madden            
                                         DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                     Richard M. Morrow            
                                         DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                     Vivian W. Piasecki           
                                          DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                     Toni Rembe                   
                                      DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                     John M. Richards             
                                         DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                      Reuben F. Richards          
                                           DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                     Richard M. Rosenberg         
                                           DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                    Robert G. Schwartz            
                                        DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                    Charles R. Weaver             
                                        DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                  Frederick T. Weyerhaeuser       
                                          DIRECTOR



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:



       I, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint Sandra T. Powell 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, 1994 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
3rd day of MARCH, 1995.




                                  William T. Weyerhaeuser         
                                        DIRECTOR