Pope & Talbot Announces Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer

  
    
  
  
    
      Pope & Talbot, Inc. (NYSE: POP) announced today that R. Neil Stuart will 
      join the Company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on 
      December 5, 2006. Maria Pope, who temporarily held the position, will 
      continue to lead the Company’s Wood Products 
      business.
    
    
      Mr. Stuart comes to Pope & Talbot after 27 years of financial 
      experience. Mr. Stuart was Chief Financial Officer for Creativity, Inc., 
      Chief Financial Officer for Crown Vantage, Inc. and he was also Managing 
      Director, Forest Products Finance of Toronto Dominion Bank.
    
    
      Pope & Talbot is a pulp and wood products company. The Company is based 
      in Portland, Oregon and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the 
      symbol POP. Pope & Talbot was founded in 1849 and produces pulp and 
      softwood lumber in the U.S. and Canada. Markets for the Company’s 
      products include: the U.S.; Europe; Canada; South America; Japan; and 
      other Pacific Rim countries. For more information on Pope & Talbot, 
      Inc., please check the website www.poptal.com.
    
  
Pope & Talbot, Inc. (NYSE: POP) announced today that R. Neil
Stuart will join the Company as Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer on December 5, 2006. Maria Pope, who temporarily held the
position, will continue to lead the Company's Wood Products business.

   Mr. Stuart comes to Pope & Talbot after 27 years of financial
experience. Mr. Stuart was Chief Financial Officer for Creativity,
Inc., Chief Financial Officer for Crown Vantage, Inc. and he was also
Managing Director, Forest Products Finance of Toronto Dominion Bank.

   Pope & Talbot is a pulp and wood products company. The Company is
based in Portland, Oregon and trades on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol POP. Pope & Talbot was founded in 1849 and produces
pulp and softwood lumber in the U.S. and Canada. Markets for the
Company's products include: the U.S.; Europe; Canada; South America;
Japan; and other Pacific Rim countries. For more information on Pope &
Talbot, Inc., please check the website www.poptal.com.