The Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation today announced a direct cash donation of $500,000 to support relief and rebuilding efforts of areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. This contribution represents the foundation's single largest donation to a natural disaster.

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The half-million dollar donation will go to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to benefit storm victims in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, where Weyerhaeuser has thousands of employees. The company is also encouraging employees to make financial contributions to the American Red Cross through its internal web site.

The cash donation will aid in the deployment of American Red Cross volunteers and services to the hardest hit areas of Katrina's destruction, providing shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those in need.

"Our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by this disaster," said Steven R. Rogel, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Company. "Weyerhaeuser and our employees have a long history of providing support to our communities as they struggle to recover from disasters."

Weyerhaeuser employs almost 5,000 people at 44 locations in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, including heavily-impacted communities in south Mississippi and Louisiana. The company manages more than 1.4 million acres of timberlands in the three states.

Rogel said that the magnitude of the destruction will require long-term support, and that Weyerhaeuser senior managers, the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation and employees in the affected states will continue to assess and implement ways Weyerhaeuser can respond to specific needs as they are realized.

Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), one of the world's largest integrated forest products companies, was incorporated in 1900. In 2004, sales were $22.7 billion. It has offices or operations in 19 countries, with customers worldwide. Weyerhaeuser is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate construction, development and related activities. Additional information about Weyerhaeuser's businesses, products and practices is available at http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/ .

   For more information contact:
   Frank Mendizabal, 253-924-3357
   Jackie Walburn, 334-963-2270

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CONTACT: Frank Mendizabal, +1-253-924-3357, or Jackie Walburn,
+1-334-963-2270, both of Weyerhaeuser Company

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