Plum Creek Nursery Celebrates 50 Years of Continuous Production.

JESUP, Ga. -- Each year, Plum Creek's (NYSE:PCL) Jesup Nursery produces between 30 and 33 million loblolly and slash pine seedlings, which is enough to regenerate more than 50,000 acres. Now consider what the nursery has accomplished over its 50-year history. Since it opened in 1956, the nursery has produced more than 720 million loblolly and slash pine seedlings, more than 2 million longleaf pine, 2 million hardwood and 500,000 sand pine. In total, this is enough seedlings to regenerate nearly 1.2 million acres - nearly the size of the state of Delaware!

The Jesup nursery, which celebrated its 50th anniversary on Tuesday, October 17, is one of the South's oldest bareroot nurseries that has remained in continuous production. The nursery began production under Brunswick Pulp ownership in 1956 on 20 acres. Over the years, the nursery was slowly expanded and ownership changed hands. In 1989, Georgia-Pacific Corporation acquired the nursery; Plum Creek took over ownership in 2001 when it merged with Georgia-Pacific's The Timber Company. The nursery currently spans 75 acres, employing five full-time employees and approximately 20 seasonal workers.

"Fifty years of continuous production is an important milestone that Plum Creek is honored to have reached," said Tom Reed, vice president and general manager of Plum Creek's Southern Resources unit. "Plum Creek is committed to sustainably managing all of our land, which incorporates the reforestation, managing, growing, nurturing and harvesting of trees. The Jesup Nursery has been an integral part of that process and will continue to be into the future."

All loblolly and slash pine seedlings produced at the Jesup Nursery are grown from seed produced at Plum Creek's five seed orchard complexes in Jesup, Georgia; Oliver, Georgia; Moselle, Mississippi; Choctaw, Alabama; and Crossett, Arkansas. More than 3,000 pounds of seeds are planted each year at the nursery using precision sowers, specialized machines that accurately dispense and places seeds for optimum growth. All seedlings are graded to assure quality before shipment to the customer. The seedlings produced at the nursery are also used to reforest millions of acres of Plum Creek land in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Plum Creek is the largest and most geographically diverse private landowner in the nation with more than 8 million acres of timberlands in major timber producing regions of the United States and 10 wood products manufacturing facilities in the Northwest. More information about the company can be found at www.plumcreek.com.