UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report: July 28, 2009
(Date of earliest event reported)


POTLATCH CORPORATION

_______________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-32729

82-0156045

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

601 W. First Avenue, Suite 1600, Spokane WA

99201

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

509-835-1500
(Registrant’s telephone number,
Including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02.          Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On July 28, 2009, Potlatch Corporation announced its results of operations and financial condition for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.  The press release containing this announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

     The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.    



Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

99.1 Press release issued by Potlatch Corporation, dated July 28, 2009.
 

 

POTLATCH REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: July 28, 2009

 
 

POTLATCH CORPORATION

 
By:

/s/ Pamela Mull

Pamela Mull

Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

Description

 
99.1 Press release issued by Potlatch Corporation, dated July 28, 2009.