Weyerhaeuser Investor Relations
PRNewswire
Nov 23, 2005
What: Weyerhaeuser foresters will make a special holiday delivery to Olympia Monday, Nov. 28, providing a 30-foot noble fir to grace the newly refurbished State Capitol Rotunda. Selected five years ago, this tree is special because it is from Weyerhaeuser's new forest, planted just 25 years ago after the Mount St. Helens eruption leveled Weyerhaeuser's extensive forestland in southwest Washington. In addition, it is the first holiday tree to be welcomed into the newly refurbished Rotunda. Repair work has prohibited holiday tree lighting ceremonies in the Rotunda for the last three years. The noble fir is native to Washington, found in the higher elevations of the Cascade and coastal mountain ranges. It is considered a choice centerpiece for seasonal festivities because of its rich color -- blue green with a hint of silver -- and because of how its open and stiff branches support ornaments. Weyerhaeuser foresters chose this tree specifically because of its regal shape and full branches. Foresters will harvest it from a mountain ridge just northwest of the volcano, and then secure it on a flatbed truck for its trek to Olympia. When: The tree is scheduled to arrive at the front steps of the capitol at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28. From I-5 north, the truck will take exit 105 to the capitol campus. Capitol grounds employees will unload the tree and carry it up the steps to the rotunda.
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/ .
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PRNewswire -- Nov. 23
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