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: April 26, 2007
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                        (Date of earliest event reported)


                              POTLATCH CORPORATION


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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       Delaware                    001-32729                    82-0156045
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   (State or Other                (Commission                (I.R.S. Employer
    Jurisdiction                  File Number)            Identification Number)
  of Incorporation)


    601 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 1100, Spokane WA                99201
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        (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

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


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Item 2.02.        Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On April 26, 2007, Potlatch Corporation announced its results of operations
and financial condition for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. 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 April 26, 2007.

        POTLATCH REPORTS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS
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                                    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:  April 26, 2007



POTLATCH CORPORATION


By:  /s/ Pamela A. Mull
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     Pamela A. Mull
     Corporate Secretary




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit      Description
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99.1         Press release issued by Potlatch Corporation, dated April 26, 2007.