Exhibit 23.1

                              Consent of KPMG LLP


The Board of Directors
Potlatch Corporation


We consent to the use of our report dated January 24, 2001, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Potlatch Corporation and consolidated
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 2000, included and incorporated by reference herein and to
the reference to our firm under the headings "Summary Consolidated Financial and
Operating Data", "Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data", "Selected
Historical Business Segment Financial Data" and "Experts" in the Prospectus.



/s/ KPMG LLP

Portland, Oregon
December 21, 2001