Pope & Talbot Announces Peter T. Pope to Resign from Board of Directors

  
    
  
  
    
      Pope & Talbot, Inc. (NYSE: POP) announced today that Peter T. Pope will 
      resign from the Board of Directors effective May 10, 2007. Under the 
      Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, it 
      is Company policy, unless waived under special circumstances, that a 
      member of the Board of Directors retires effective as of the first 
      annual shareholders meeting after the member’s 
      seventy-second birthday.
    
    
      Mr. Pope has been a director of the Company since 1962, and was Chairman 
      of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1971 until his retirement 
      on July 31, 1999. Following his retirement in 1999, Peter continued on 
      as Chairman of the Board until July 31, 2000.
    
    
      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.