Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (Plum Creek) is a private timberland owner in the United States. As of December 31, 2008, Plum Creek owned 7.4 million acres of timberlands located in 19 states. The Company’s timberlands are diversified, not only geographically, but also by species mix and age distribution. Plum Creek manages its timberlands in two business segments: the Northern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin, and the Southern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. In addition, the Company’s Other Segment includes its natural resource businesses that focus on opportunities relating to mineral extraction, natural gas production and communication and transportation rights of way resulting from its property ownership.