Exhibit 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection  with the Quarterly  Report of Pope Resources  (the  "Company") on
Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2005, as filed with the  Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, David L. Nunes, Chief
Executive Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
     respects,  the financial  condition and result of operations of the Company
     as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

This  certification is being furnished solely to comply with the requirements of
18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, and shall not be  incorporated by reference into any of
the  Company's  filings  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933  or the  Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934,  or otherwise be deemed to be filed as part of the Report
or under such Acts.


/s/ David L. Nunes
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David L. Nunes
Chief Executive Officer


May 11, 2005