POPE RESOURCES
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 10-Q


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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006

OR

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

Commission File Number 1-9035
 
POPE RESOURCES, A DELAWARE
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 91-1313292
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

19245 10th Avenue NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370
Telephone: (360) 697-6626
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
(Registrant's telephone number including area code)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes x    No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in rule 12b-2 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934).
Large Accelerated Filer o    Accelerated Filer x     None Accelerated Filer o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12-2 of the Exchange Act     Yes o    No x
 
Partnership units outstanding at August 1, 2006: 4,682,121


Pope Resources
Index to Form 10-Q Filing
For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2006

Description
Page Number
Part I. Financial Information
 
Item 1 Financial Statements (unaudited)
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings
5
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
6
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
7-13
   
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
14-34
   
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Risk
34
   
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
34
   
Part II. Other Information
 
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
35
Item 1A. Risk Factors
35
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
36
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
36
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
36
Item 5. Other Information
37
Item 6. Exhibits
37
   
Signatures
38



P A R T I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
         
           
Pope Resources
         
June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005
         
           
(Thousands)
         
   
2006
 
2005
 
           
Assets
         
Current assets:
         
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
2,679
 
$
3,361
 
Short-term investments
   
20,000
   
15,000
 
Accounts receivable
   
3,805
   
1,049
 
Land held for sale at cost
   
2,947
   
4,371
 
Current portion of contracts receivable
   
13
   
14
 
Prepaid expenses and other
   
225
   
336
 
Total current assets
   
29,669
   
24,131
 
               
Properties and equipment at cost:
             
Land held for development
   
11,723
   
9,661
 
Land and land improvements
   
15,359
   
15,542
 
             
Roads and timber (net of accumulated depletion of $41,857 and $37,030)
    48,714     53,019  
Buildings and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation of $6,601 and $6,488)
   
3,434
   
3,340
 
     
79,230
   
81,562
 
Other assets:
             
Contracts receivable, net of current portion
   
958
   
483
 
Other
   
166
   
182
 
     
1,124
   
665
 
Total assets
 
$
110,023
 
$
106,358
 
               
Liabilities and Partners' Capital
             
Current liabilities:
             
Accounts payable
 
$
1,260
 
$
1,147
 
Accrued liabilities
   
1,400
   
3,865
 
Current portion of long-term debt
   
1,342
   
1,602
 
Deferred revenue
   
1,245
   
304
 
Environmental remediation
   
47
   
152
 
Minority interest
   
36
   
325
 
Other current liabilities
   
73
   
59
 
Total current liabilities
   
5,403
   
7,454
 
               
Long-term debt, net of current portion
   
30,919
   
32,281
 
Other long term liabilities
   
321
   
218
 
               
Partners' capital (units outstanding 4,643 and 4,646)
   
73,380
   
66,405
 
               
Total liabilities and partners' capital
 
$
110,023
 
$
106,358
 
               
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (Unaudited)
 
                   
Pope Resources
 
For the Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005
 
                   
                   
(Thousands, except per unit data)
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
                   
Revenues
 
$
15,610
 
$
16,131
 
$
31,693
 
$
32,787
 
Cost of sales
   
(8,414
)
 
(7,410
)
 
(14,839
)
 
(15,214
)
Operating expenses
   
(2,559
)
 
(2,671
)
 
(5,028
)
 
(5,004
)
Environmental remediation
   
-
   
(108
)
 
-
   
(108
)
General and administrative expenses
   
(902
)
 
(847
)
 
(1,906
)
 
(1,695
)
Income from operations
   
3,735
   
5,095
   
9,920
   
10,766
 
                           
Other income (expense):
                         
Interest expense
   
(469
)
 
(709
)
 
(997
)
 
(1,445
)
Interest income
   
252
   
74
   
471
   
93
 
     
(217
)
 
(635
)
 
(526
)
 
(1,352
)
                           
Income before income taxes and minority interest
   
3,518
   
4,460
   
9,394
   
9,414
 
                           
Income tax benefit (provision)
   
8
   
(263
)
 
(437
)
 
(510
)
                           
Income before minority interest
   
3,526
   
4,197
   
8,957
   
8,904
 
                           
Minority interest benefit (expense)
   
14
   
(128
)
 
(119
)
 
(229
)
                           
Net income
 
$
3,540
 
$
4,069
 
$
8,838
 
$
8,675
 
                           
                           
Allocable to general partners
 
$
46
 
$
53
 
$
116
 
$
114
 
Allocable to limited partners
   
3,494
   
4,016
   
8,722
   
8,561
 
                           
Earnings per unit:
                         
Basic
 
$
0.76
 
$
0.89
 
$
1.91
 
$
1.89
 
Diluted
 
$
0.74
 
$
0.86
 
$
1.86
 
$
1.83
 
                           
Weighted average units outstanding:
                         
Basic
   
4,641
   
4,596
   
4,638
   
4,578
 
Diluted
   
4,753
   
4,757
   
4,750
   
4,740
 
                           
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
         
           
Pope Resources
         
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005
         
           
           
(Thousands)
 
2006
 
2005
 
Cash flows provided by operating activities
         
Net income
 
$
8,838
 
$
8,675
 
Add back (deduct) non-cash charges (credits):
             
Deferred revenue
   
941
   
(685
)
Depletion
   
4,692
   
7,066
 
Equity based compensation
   
195
   
-
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
359
   
319
 
Deferred taxes
   
(19
)
 
510
 
Minority interest
   
119
   
229
 
Cost of land sold
   
2,869
   
166
 
Change in working capital accounts:
             
Accounts receivable
   
(2,756
)
 
(2,660
)
Contracts receivable
   
(474
)
 
(177
)
Other current assets
   
129
   
114
 
Accounts payable
   
113
   
(82
)
Accrued liabilities
   
(1,039
)
 
(270
)
Deposits
   
15
   
(5
)
Environmental remediation
   
(105
)
 
(362
)
Other long term liabilities
   
103
   
(25
)
Other
   
1
   
1
 
Net cash flows provided by operating activities
   
13,981
   
12,814
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities:
             
Capital expenditures
   
(5,816
)
 
(1,691
)
Purchase of short-term investments
   
(5,000
)
 
(8,007
)
               
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(10,816
)
 
(9,698
)
               
Cash flows from financing activities:
             
Option exercises
   
248
   
1,531
 
Repayment of operating line of credit
   
-
   
(758
)
Tax benefit from equity based compensation
   
34
   
-
 
Minority interest distribution
   
(167
)
 
(26
)
Repayment of long-term debt
   
(1,623
)
 
(1,667
)
Unitholder distribution
   
(2,339
)
 
(1,379
)
               
Net cash used in financing activities
   
(3,847
)
 
(2,299
)
               
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
(682
)
 
817
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
   
3,361
   
757
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the six-month period
 
$
2,679
 
$
1,574
 
               
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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POPE RESOURCES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
June 30, 2006

1.
The condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 and for the three months (quarter) and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2005 have been prepared by Pope Resources, A Delaware Limited Partnership (“the Partnership”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited, but, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments and accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods. The financial information as of December 31, 2005, is derived from the Partnership’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2005, and should be read in conjunction with such financial statements. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be achieved for the entire fiscal year ending December 31, 2006.
 
2.
The financial statements in the Partnership's 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K include a summary of significant accounting policies of the Partnership and should be read in conjunction with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
 
3.
Basic net earnings per unit are based on the weighted average number of units outstanding during the period. Diluted net earnings per unit are based on the weighted average number of units and dilutive unit options outstanding at the end of the period.
 
   
Quarter Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
Weighted average units outstanding (in thousands):
                 
Basic
   
4,641
   
4,596
   
4,638
   
4,578
 
Dilutive effect of unit options
   
112
   
161
   
112
   
162
 
Diluted
   
4,753
   
4,757
   
4,750
   
4,740
 
 
Options to purchase 258,000 units at prices ranging from $9.30 to $37.73 per unit were outstanding as of June 30, 2006. For computing the dilutive effect of unit options for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, options to purchase 1,100 units at prices ranging from $33.15 to $37.73 were not included in the calculation during the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006.
 
Options to purchase 293,000 units at prices ranging from $9.30 to $37.73 per unit were outstanding as of June 30, 2005. For computing the dilutive effect of unit options for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, options to purchase 457 units at prices ranging from $35.00 to $37.73 were not included in the calculation because the option exercise prices were greater than the average market prices of units during the period. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2005, options to purchase 298 units at prices ranging from $36.82 to $37.73 were not included in the calculation during the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2005.
 
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4.  
Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) Share Based Payment (SFAS No. 123R) using the modified prospective approach and accordingly have not restated prior period results. SFAS 123R established the accounting for equity instruments exchanged for employee services. Under SFAS 123R, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the calculated fair value of the award. We have also changed our accounting for equity-based compensation awarded to retirement eligible directors and employees to expense the award over the lesser of vesting period or the period between the grant date and eligibility for retirement. The impact of the adoption of SFAS 123R on our earnings was $100,000 or $.03 per diluted unit for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, and $249,000 or $.06 per diluted unit for the six months ended June 30, 2006, which includes $70,000 of expense related to the treatment of the 2006 restricted unit grant to retirement eligible employees and board members.

Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, we accounted for equity based compensation granted to employees in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (APB) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations. The following table presents the impact of our adoption of SFAS 123R on selected line items from our condensed consolidated statement of earnings for the quarter and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 (in thousands, except per unit amounts):
 

                   
   
For the Quarter
 
For the Six Months
 
   
Ended June 30, 2006
 
Ended June 30, 2006
 
   
Following
 
If Reported
 
Following
 
If Reported
 
   
FAS 123R
 
Following APB 25
 
FAS 123R
 
Following APB 25
 
 
Condensed statement of earnings:
                 
Operating profit
 
$
3,735
 
$
3,835
 
$
9,920
 
$
10,169
 
                           
Income before income taxes
                         
and minority interest
 
$
3,518
 
$
3,618
 
$
9,394
 
$
9,643
 
                           
Net income
 
$
3,540
 
$
3,640
 
$
8,838
 
$
9,087
 
                           
Earnings per unit:
                         
Basic
 
$
0.76
 
$
0.78
 
$
1.91
 
$
1.96
 
Diluted
 
$
0.74
 
$
0.77
 
$
1.86
 
$
1.92
 

In 2005, we adopted the 2005 Unit Incentive Plan. Following adoption of this new plan the Board of Directors began issuing restricted units instead of unit options as its primary method of granting equity based compensation. Units issued as a result of option exercises and restricted unit grants are funded through the issuance of new units. As of June 30, 2006, total compensation expense related to non-vested awards not yet recognized was $914,000 with a weighted average 41 months remaining to vest.

In addition to accounting and disclosure presented in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (APB) No. 25, we also provided the disclosures required under SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation (SFAS No. 123) as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosures. As a result, no expense was reflected in our net income for the period ended June 30, 2005 for unit options, as all options granted had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying units on the grant date.
 
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The table below reflects our proforma net income per share for the period shown had compensation for unit options been determined based on the fair value at the grant date, consistent with the methodology prescribed under SFAS No. 123:
 

   
Quarter ended
 
Six months ended
 
   
June 30,
 
June 30,
 
(In thousands except per unit amounts)
 
2005
 
2005
 
           
Net income as reported
 
$
4,069
 
$
8,675
 
               
Compensation expense recognized
   
-
   
-
 
               
Subtract proforma compensation
             
expense under SFAS 123
   
(35
)
 
(70
)
               
Proforma net income under SFAS 123
 
$
4,034
 
$
8,605
 
               
As reported:
             
Basic
 
$
0.89
 
$
1.89
 
Diluted
 
$
0.86
 
$
1.83
 
               
Proforma net income per unit:
             
Basic
 
$
0.88
 
$
1.88
 
Diluted
 
$
0.85
 
$
1.82
 
 
The fair value of options was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, with the following assumptions during the second quarter of 2005:

   
2005
Expected life
   
5 years
Risk free interest rate
   
4.00% - 4.49%
Dividend yield
   
1.2% - 1.6%
Volatility
   
25.0% - 27.5%
Weighted average value
 
$
8.46

 
The expected life was determined using our experience, the volatility was determined using the historical average volatility of the Partnership’s units and the risk free interest rate represents the yield on a treasury note.

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Restricted Units: 
Pope Resources changed the primary form of equity compensation from unit options to restricted units upon adoption of the 2005 Unit Incentive Plan. The Human Resources Committee makes awards of restricted units to directors and senior managers of the Partnership and its subsidiaries. The restricted unit grants ordinarily vest over four years and are compensatory in nature. Restricted unit awards entitle the recipient to full distribution rights during the vesting period but are restricted from disposition and may be forfeited until the units vest. The fair value, as calculated using the intrinsic value method, is charged to income over the vesting period.

Restricted unit activity for the first six months of 2006 was as follows:

       
Weighted Average
 
       
Grant date
 
   
Units
 
Fair Value ($)
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2005
   
20,000
   
33.44
 
Grants
   
19,000
   
34.75
 
Forfeited
   
(1,500
)
 
33.44
 
Outstanding at March 31, 2006
   
37,500
   
34.10
 
No activity
   
-
   
-
 
Outstanding at June 30, 2006
   
37,500
   
34.10
 
 
Unit Options:
Unit options have not been granted since December 2005. Units options granted prior to January 1, 2006 were non-qualified options granted at an exercise price not less than 100% of the fair value on the grant date. Unit options granted to employees vested over four or five years. Board members had the option of receiving their annual retainer in the form of unit options and those options vested immediately as they were granted monthly for services rendered during the month. Options granted had a life of 10 years.

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Unit option activity for the first six months of 2006 was as follows:

   
Options
 
Price ($)
 
Unvested at December 31, 2005
   
77,500
   
13.02
 
Vested at December 31, 2005
   
200,500
   
16.57
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2005
   
278,000
   
15.58
 
Activity Q1 2006:
             
Forfeitures
   
(4,800
)
 
12.00
 
Exercises
   
(12,000
)
 
12.44
 
Oustanding at March 31, 2006
   
261,200
   
15.79
 
Vesting during the quarter
   
33,012
   
13.12
 
Vested at March 31, 2006
   
221,512
   
16.28
 
Unvested at March 31, 2006
   
39,688
   
13.06
 
Activity Q2 2006:
             
Exercises
   
(3,450
)
 
12.58
 
Outstanding at June 30, 2006
   
257,750
   
15.83
 
Vested at June 30, 2006
   
218,062
   
16.34
 
Unvested at June 30, 2006
   
39,688
   
13.06
 
 
The aggregate intrinsic value of all options outstanding at June 30, 2006 was $3.5 million. The aggregate intrinsic value of all exercisable options at June 30, 2006 was $3.2 million. The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $72,000 and $331,000 during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006, respectively. The weighted average remaining contractual term for all outstanding options at June 30, 2006 was 5.3 years. The weighted average remaining contractual term for all exercisable options at June 30, 2006 was 5.5 years.

The total fair value of units vested as of June 30, 2006 was $927,000. There were 1,085,815 and 1,073,115 units available for issuance under the 2005 Unit Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2005 and June 30, 2006, respectively.

5.  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: For the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, interest paid net of amounts capitalized amounted to $1,221,000 and $1,444,000, respectively. Income taxes paid for the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 amounted to $182,000 and $4,000.
 
6.  
Revenue, operating income, and EBITDDA which management uses as a measure of segment profit or loss for the quarters and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, by segment are as follows:
 
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Timberland
             
Three Months Ended
 
Fee
 
Management &
 
Real
         
June 30 (Thousands)
 
Timber
 
Consulting
 
Estate
 
Other
 
Consolidated
 
2006
                     
Revenue internal
 
$
10,451
 
$
546
 
$
4,626
 
$
-
 
$
15,623
 
Eliminations
   
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(9
)
 
-
   
(13
)
Revenue external
   
10,449
   
544
   
4,617
   
-
   
15,610
 
                                 
Cost of sales
   
(5,368
)
 
-
   
(3,046
)
       
(8,414
)
                                 
Operating expenses internal
   
(1,069
)
 
(519
)
 
(984
)
 
(902
)
 
(3,474
)
Eliminations
   
2
   
12
   
(1
)
 
-
   
13
 
Operating expenses external
   
(1,067
)
 
(507
)
 
(985
)
 
(902
)
 
(3,461
)
                                 
Income (loss) from operations internal
   
4,014
   
27
   
596
   
(902
)
 
3,735
 
Eliminations
   
-
   
10
   
(10
)
 
-
   
-
 
Income (loss) from operations external
 
$
4,014
 
$
37
 
$
586
 
$
(902
)
$
3,735
 
                                 
EBITDDA reconciliation:
                               
Minority interest
   
-
   
14
   
-
   
-
   
14
 
Depletion
   
2,119
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
2,119
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
62
   
20
   
43
   
50
   
175
 
EBITDDA
 
$
6,195
 
$
71
 
$
629
 
$
(852
)
$
6,043
 
                                 
2005
                               
Revenue internal
 
$
13,221
 
$
1,845
 
$
1,077
 
$
-
 
$
16,143
 
Eliminations
   
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(9
)
 
-
   
(12
)
Revenue external
   
13,220
   
1,843
   
1,068
   
-
   
16,131
 
                                 
Cost of sales
   
(7,234
)
 
-
   
(176
)
 
-
   
(7,410
)
                                 
Operating expenses internal
   
(1,048
)
 
(1,043
)
 
(700
)
 
(847
)
 
(3,638
)
Eliminations
   
(8
)
 
20
   
-
   
-
   
12
 
Operating expenses external
   
(1,056
)
 
(1,023
)
 
(700
)
 
(847
)
 
(3,626
)
                                 
Income (loss) from operations internal
   
4,939
   
802
   
201
   
(847
)
 
5,095
 
Eliminations
   
(9
)
 
18
   
(9
)
 
-
   
-
 
Income (loss) from operations external
 
$
4,930
 
$
820
 
$
192
 
$
(847
)
$
5,095
 
                                 
EBITDDA reconciliation:
                               
Minority interest
   
-
   
(128
)
 
-
   
-
   
(128
)
Depletion
   
3,123
         
100
   
-
   
3,223
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
37
   
27
   
38
   
65
   
167
 
EBITDDA
 
$
8,090
 
$
719
 
$
330
 
$
(782
)
$
8,357
 
 
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Timberland
             
Six Months Ended
 
Fee
 
Management &
 
Real
         
June 30 (Thousands)
 
Timber
 
Consulting
 
Estate
 
Other
 
Consolidated
 
2006
                     
Revenue internal
 
$
24,175
 
$
2,587
 
$
4,970
 
$
-
 
$
31,732
 
Eliminations
   
(2
)
 
(19
)
 
(18
)
 
-
   
(39
)
Revenue external
   
24,173
   
2,568
   
4,952
   
-
   
31,693
 
                                 
Cost of sales
   
(11,778
)
 
-
   
(3,061
)
 
-
   
(14,839
)
                                 
Operating expenses internal
   
(2,165
)
 
(1,257
)
 
(1,645
)
 
(1,906
)
 
(6,973
)
Eliminations
   
16
   
22
   
1
   
-
   
39
 
Operating expenses external
   
(2,149
)
 
(1,235
)
 
(1,644
)
 
(1,906
)
 
(6,934
)
                                 
Income (loss) from operations internal
   
10,232
   
1,330
   
264
   
(1,906
)
 
9,920
 
Eliminations
   
14
   
3
   
(17
)
 
-
   
-
 
Income (loss) from operations external
 
$
10,246
 
$
1,333
 
$
247
 
$
(1,906
)
$
9,920
 
                                 
EBITDDA reconciliation:
                               
Minority interest
   
-
   
(119
)
 
-
   
-
   
(119
)
Depletion
   
4,692
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
4,692
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
133
   
36
   
77
   
113
   
359
 
EBITDDA
 
$
15,071
 
$
1,250
 
$
324
 
$
(1,793
)
$
14,852
 
                                 
                                 
2005
                               
Revenue internal
 
$
26,883
 
$
3,460
 
$
2,465
 
$
-
 
$
32,808
 
Eliminations
   
-
   
(3
)
 
(18
)
 
-
   
(21
)
Revenue external
   
26,883
   
3,457
   
2,447
   
-
   
32,787
 
                                 
Cost of sales
   
(14,767
)
 
-
   
(447
)
 
-
   
(15,214
)
                                 
Operating expenses internal
   
(2,144
)
 
(1,814
)
 
(1,175
)
 
(1,695
)
 
(6,828
)
Eliminations
   
-
   
19
   
2
   
-
   
21
 
Operating expenses external
   
(2,144
)
 
(1,795
)
 
(1,173
)
 
(1,695
)
 
(6,807
)
                                 
Income (loss) from operations internal
   
9,972
   
1,646
   
843
   
(1,695
)
 
10,766
 
Eliminations
   
-
   
16
   
(16
)
 
-
   
-
 
Income (loss) from operations external
 
$
9,972
 
$
1,662
 
$
827
 
$
(1,695
)
$
10,766
 
                                 
EBITDDA reconciliation:
                               
Minority interest and investment income
   
-
   
(229
)
 
-
   
-
   
(229
)
Depletion
   
6,961
   
-
   
105
   
-
   
7,066
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
68
   
48
   
69
   
134
   
319
 
EBITDDA
 
$
17,001
 
$
1,481
 
$
1,001
 
$
(1,561
)
$
17,922
 
 
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ITEM 2

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This report contains a number of projections and statements about our expected financial condition, operating results, and business plans and objectives. These statements reflect our management's estimates based on our current goals, in light of currently known circumstances and management's expectations about future developments. Statements about expectations and future performance are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Because these statements describe our goals, objectives and anticipated performance, they are inherently uncertain, and some or all of these statements may not come to pass. Accordingly, you should not interpret these statements as promises that we will perform at a given level or that we will take any or all of the actions we currently expect to take. Our future actions, as well as our actual performance, will vary from our current expectations, and under various circumstances these variations may be material and adverse. Some of the factors that may cause our actual operating results and financial condition to fall short of our expectations are set forth in the part of this report entitled “Item 1A: Risk Factors ” below and other factors discussed elsewhere in this report or in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. Other issues that may have an adverse and material impact on our business, operating results and financial condition are discussed in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements in this report reflect our estimates as of the date of the report, and we cannot undertake to update these statements as our business operations and environment change.

This discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included with this report.
 
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Pope Resources, A Delaware Limited Partnership (“we” or the “Partnership”), was organized in October 1985 as a result of a spin-off by Pope & Talbot, Inc. (“P&T”). The Partnership is engaged in three primary businesses. The first, and by far most significant, segment in terms of owned assets and operations is the Fee Timber segment. Operations in this segment consist of growing timber to be harvested as logs for sale to export and domestic manufacturers. The second most significant business in terms of total assets owned is the development and sale of real estate. Real Estate activities primarily take the form of securing permits and entitlements, and, in some cases, installing infrastructure for raw land development and then realizing that land’s value by selling parcels to buyers who may take the land further up the “value chain” ordinarily in smaller parcels either to home buyers or commercial property operators or lessors. Since these land projects span multiple years, the Real Estate segment may incur losses for multiple years until a major project is sold, which then results in operating income. Our third business is providing timberland-related services to third parties. These services may take the form of large-scale timberland management, forestry consulting, or acquisition or disposition services. We are currently managing nearly 300,000 acres of timberlands in Oregon for Cascade Timberlands LLC. Additionally, now that we have closed ORM Timber Fund I, LP, we are seeking to add to our timberland ownership, albeit indirectly, through the Partnership’s co-investment in the fund. Successful acquisitions by the fund would also result in additional management fees for the Timberland Management & Consulting segment.

Management’s major opportunity and challenge is to profitably grow our revenue base. For our Fee Timber and Timberland Management & Consulting segments, the revenue base is typically thought of in terms of acres owned or under management. Our Real Estate opportunities and challenges center on identifying properties in our portfolio of owned assets with potential development value. Once identified, we attempt to maximize that value through securing entitlements and, in some cases installing infrastructure, prior to selling the property.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table reconciles and compares key revenue and cost elements that impact our net income for each of the quarter and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2005. In addition to the table’s detailed numeric analysis, the explanatory text that follows the table describes many of these changes by business segment:
 
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 QUARTER AND YEAR TO DATE VARIANCE ANALYSIS
 (Amounts in $000's except per unit data)
 
   
Quarter ended
 
Six months ended
 
Net income:
 
 June 30, 2006 and 2005
 
June 30, 2006 and 2005
 
2nd Quarter 2006
 
$
3,540
 
$
8,838
 
2nd Quarter 2005
   
4,069
   
8,675
 
Variance
 
$
(529
)
$
163
 
               
Detail of earnings variance:
             
Fee Timber
             
Log price realizations (A)
 
$
433
 
$
1,050
 
Log volumes (B)
   
(3,296
)
 
(3,857
)
Depletion
   
1,005
   
2,275
 
Production costs
   
862
   
714
 
Other Fee Timber
   
80
   
91
 
Timberland Management & Consulting
         
-
 
Management fee changes
   
(673
)
 
(1,411
)
Disposition fee changes
   
-
   
1,343
 
Other Timberland Management & Consulting
   
(110
)
 
(266
)
Real Estate
         
-
 
Environmental remediation liability
   
108
   
108
 
Land sales
   
707
   
(101
)
Depletion
   
99
   
99
 
Other Real Estate
   
(520
)
 
(686
)
General & administrative costs
   
(55
)
 
(211
)
Interest expense
   
240
   
448
 
Other (taxes, minority int., interest inc.)
   
591
   
567
 
Total change in earnings
 
$
(529
)
$
163
 
 
(A) Price variance calculated by extending the change in average realized price by current period volume.
(B) Volume variance calculated by extending change in sales volume by the average log sales price for the comparison period
 
Fee Timber
 
Fee Timber revenue is earned primarily from the harvest and sale of logs from the Partnership’s nearly 115,000 acres of fee timberland located in western Washington and, to a lesser extent, from leases of our timberland to sand and gravel pit operators and cellular communication tower purveyors. Revenue from the sales of timberland tracts will also appear periodically in results for this segment. Our Fee Timber revenue is driven primarily by the volume of timber harvested, which we ordinarily express in terms of millions of board feet, or “MMBF”, and by the average prices realized on log sales, which we express in dollars per thousand board feet, or “MBF”.
 
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When discussing our Fee Timber operations, we compare current results to both the previous quarter and the corresponding quarter of the prior year. Both of these comparisons are made to help the reader gain an understanding of the trends in market price and harvest volumes that affect Fee Timber results of operations. Revenue and operating income for the Fee Timber segment for the quarters ended June 30, 2006, March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2005 are as follows:
 
Quarter Ended:
Log Sale
Revenue
Mineral, Cell
Tower &
Other Revenue
Total Fee
Timber
Revenue
Operating
Income
June 30, 2006
$10.0 million
$0.4 million
$10.4 million
$4.0 million
March 31, 2006
13.4 million
0.3 million
13.7 million
6.2 million
June 30, 2005
12.9 million
0.3 million
13.2 million
4.9 million

The decrease in revenue and operating income for the current quarter relative to the first quarter of 2006 is primarily attributable to a 5.4 MMBF decrease in harvest volume. Harvest volume was accelerated in the first quarter of 2006 due to strong log markets. We have a continuing practice of front-loading our planned annual harvest activities because of management’s expectation that this strategy can optimize our Fee Timber revenue by concentrating harvest volume when log supplies in our market areas are restricted. Fee Timber revenue in the current quarter is $2.8 million lower than the comparable period in 2005 due to a 5.7 MMBF decline in harvest volume partially offset by higher prices in the current period. The decline in harvest volume for the quarter is consistent with our planned reduction in our annual harvest to 57 MMBF in 2006 from 74 MMBF in 2005.
 
Revenue and operating income for the Fee Timber segment for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 were as follows:
 
Quarter Ended:
Log Sale
Revenue
Mineral, Cell
Tower &
Other Revenue
Total Fee
Timber
Revenue
Operating
Income
June 30, 2006
$23.4 million
$0.8 million
$24.2 million
$10.2 million
June 30, 2005
26.2 million
0.7 million
26.9 million
10.0 million
 
In connection with a planned reduction for the year, harvest volume decreased 15% during the first six months of 2006 from the corresponding period in 2005. Harvests in 2005 included volume from two timberland acquisitions acquired in 2004 with a large component of merchantable timber that was liquidated to recoup most, if not all, of the purchase prices paid. A partial offset to this downward impact when comparing revenue between periods was an increase in average price realized from $578/MBF in 2005 to $606/MBF in 2006. Operating income increased despite this decrease in harvest volume due to a $2.3 million decrease in depletion expense. Depletion expense in 2005 was high relative to the current period because of harvest from one of our 2004 timberland acquisitions, which had a separate, higher-cost depletion pool. The proportion of volume harvested from that separate depletion pool has declined in 2006.
 
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Log Volume
 
The Partnership harvested the following log volumes from its timberlands for the quarters ended June 30, 2006, March 31, 2006, and June 30, 2005 and the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005:

Log volumes (MBF):
 
Quarter Ended
 
Sawlogs
 
June-06
 
% Total
 
March-06
 
% Total
 
June-05
 
% Total
 
Douglas-fir
   
11,842
   
71
%
 
16,440
   
75
%
 
12,195
   
55
%
Whitewood
   
1,149
   
7
%
 
1,997
   
9
%
 
4,113
   
18
%
Cedar
   
227
   
1
%
 
359
   
2
%
 
1,730
   
8
%
Hardwoods
   
1,144
   
7
%
 
562
   
2
%
 
1,299
   
6
%
Pulp 
                                     
All Species
   
2,288
   
14
%
 
2,675
   
12
%
 
3,026
   
13
%
Total 
   
16,650
   
100
%
 
22,033
   
100
%
 
22,363
   
100
%
 
Log volumes (MBF):
 
Six Months Ended
 
Sawlogs   
June-06
 
% Total
 
June-05
 
% Total
 
Douglas-fir
   
28,282
   
73
%
 
25,876
   
57
%
Whitewood
   
3,145
   
8
%
 
7,528
   
17
%
Cedar
   
586
   
2
%
 
3,208
   
7
%
Hardwoods
   
1,706
   
4
%
 
2,788
   
6
%
Pulp                           
All Species
   
4,964
   
13
%
 
5,963
   
13
%
 Total    
38,683
   
100
%
 
45,363
   
100
%
 
Through June 30, 2006, we have harvested 68% of our targeted 57 MMBF annual harvest for this year. Our Hood Canal tree farm is located at relatively low elevations where harvest activities can be completed year around, allowing us to take advantage of a slight premium on our log sales when other tree farms cannot be harvested due to adverse weather conditions. As we did in early 2005, we took advantage of attractive log prices in the first half of 2006, by increasing the proportion of our total annual harvest volume taken early in the year. Harvest activities in the second quarter of 2006 were moderated from the first quarter resulting in a decline in harvest volume from the first-quarter of 2006. Our harvest mix in the second and first quarters of 2006 consisted predominantly of Douglas-fir, whereas in each of 2005’s quarters we harvested more hardwoods and lower-grade softwoods. The species mix harvested in 2005 was impacted more significantly than was the case in 2006 by harvest units located on timberland acquired in 2004 which included a large component of cedar and whitewood.
 
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Log Prices
 
While harvest volume is largely within management’s control, one additional factor that impacts our Fee Timber income is the price we realize upon selling our logs into the market. As noted above, we try to maximize Fee Timber revenue by accelerating harvest volumes during times of attractive log markets. However, log prices are a result of a broader range of economic and political factors and are largely beyond our ability to control, except at the margins. We realized the following log prices from our fee timberlands for the quarters ended June 30, 2006, March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2005 and the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005:
 

               
   
Quarter Ended
 
   
30-Jun-06
 
31-Mar-06
 
30-Jun-05
 
Average price realizations (per MBF):
             
Sawlogs
             
Douglas-fir
 
$
665
 
$
681
 
$
644
 
Whitewood
   
452
   
439
   
487
 
Cedar
   
1,182
   
873
   
981
 
Hardwoods
   
670
   
598
   
563
 
                     
All Species
   
260
   
251
   
205
 
Pulp
                   
Overall
   
603
   
608
   
577
 
 
 
   
Six Months Ended 
 
   
30-Jun-06
 
June-05
 
Average price realizations (per MBF):
         
Sawlogs
         
Douglas-fir
 
$
675
 
$
644
 
Whitewood
   
443
   
480
 
Cedar
   
993
   
943
 
Hardwoods
   
646
   
597
 
Pulp
             
All Species
   
255
   
212
 
               
Overall
   
606
   
578
 
 
Douglas-fir: Douglas-fir represents the primary tree species growing on our timberlands and this species is noted for its structural characteristics that make it generally preferable to other softwoods and hardwoods for the production of construction grade lumber and plywood. The price realized on Douglas-fir logs decreased 2% for the current quarter versus the first quarter of 2006 and increased 3% from the comparable quarter in 2005. The modest decrease in Douglas-fir log price realized in the second quarter of 2006 compared to the first quarter of 2006 is attributed to the seasonal increase in local log supply and a softening in the lumber market which can result in downward pressure on log prices. On a year-to-date basis Douglas-fir prices have increased nearly 5%. New mill capacity has resulted in increased demand that corresponds to increased price support for delivered Douglas-fir log volume. Management expects third quarter 2006 Douglas-fir bid prices will be largely consistent with the current quarter.

Whitewood: “Whitewood” is a term used to describe several softwood species, but for us primarily refers to western hemlock. Though generally considered to be of a lower quality than Douglas-fir, these logs are also used for manufacturing construction grade lumber and plywood. The average price realized on whitewood increased 3% for the current quarter in 2006 versus the first quarter of 2006 and decreased 7% from the comparable quarter in 2005. Harvest volume in 2005 included a large component of high quality whitewood sawlogs from the 2004 timberland acquisition which increased our average price realization in prior year. Management expects that whitewood prices for third quarter 2006 will be consistent with the current quarter.

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Cedar: Cedar prices have increased 35% in the current quarter versus the first quarter of 2006 and 20% from the comparable quarter in prior year. Cedar prices typically weaken in the winter months as demand declines, largely because cedar lumber is used primarily as fencing material. Peak demand for this product is in the summer months, with corresponding lower demand and log prices at the beginning and end of the calendar year. On a year-to-date basis, our realized cedar price has increased 5% from the prior year. The strong price realized in both the current quarter and for the first six months of 2006 reflects a general decline in cedar volume available in the Puget Sound area. A factor contributing to this decline in supply is a reduction in cedar imported from Canada. Canada has experienced weather related declines in timber harvest during 2006 resulting in less volume available for export to the Puget Sound market. Bids received for third quarter 2006 cedar volume have strengthened slightly from second quarter price levels.

Hardwood: “Hardwood” can refer to many different species, but on our tree farms primarily represents red alder and, to a lesser extent, large leaf maple. The price realized from the sale of red alder sawlogs has increased steadily over the last couple years as new red alder mills have opened to take advantage of strong lumber pricing attributable to the growing acceptance of solid sawn red alder lumber products. These mills manufacture lumber for use in furniture construction. The 12% increase in hardwood price realized in the current quarter relative to the first quarter of 2006 and the 19% increase over the price realized in the second quarter of 2005 is due to an increase in the quality of logs sold. On a year-to-date basis, our realized price for hardwood has increased 8% in 2006 from the prior year. This increase is also due to an increase in the quality of hardwood logs sold in the current year. Bids received for third quarter 2006 hardwood volume are consistent with the current quarter.

Pulp: Pulp refers to a lower quality log of any species that is manufactured into wood chips. These chips are used to manufacture many products including bleached pulp for paper production and kraft linerboard for bag and cardboard box production. The price realized from the sale of pulp logs is primarily driven by local pulp log inventories. Pulp prices in the current quarter increased nearly 4% from the first quarter of 2006 and 27% from the comparable period in prior year. On a year-to-date basis pulp prices are up 20% over the level realized during the first six months of 2005. The increases in pulp prices result from a decline in sawmill production. Strong log prices combined with a weakening market for lumber has resulted in an increase in sawmill downtime which has in turn reduced the supply of wood chips available to the Puget Sound market. Based on bids for pulp logs to be delivered during the third quarter of 2006 management expects a continued strengthening of this market due to tight inventories of wood chips.

Customers
The table below categorizes logs sold by customer type for the quarters ended June 30, 2006, March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2005 and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005:

   
Q2 2006
     
Q1 2006
     
Q2 2005
     
Destination
 
Volume*
 
Price
 
Volume*
 
Price
 
Volume*
 
Price
 
Domestic mills
   
12.7
 
$
651
   
18.8
 
$
657
   
18.9
 
$
635
 
Export brokers
   
1.7
   
706
   
0.5
   
684
   
0.5
   
601
 
Pulp
   
2.3
   
260
   
2.7
   
251
   
3.0
   
205
 
Total
   
16.7
 
$
603
   
22.0
 
$
608
   
22.4
 
$
577
 
* Volume in MMBF
                                     
 
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Six Months Ended
             
   
30-Jun-06
     
30-Jun-05
     
Destination
 
Volume*
 
Price
 
Volume*
 
Price
 
Domestic mills
   
31.6
 
$
655
   
37.3
 
$
634
 
Export brokers
   
2.1
   
701
   
2.1
   
637
 
Pulp
   
5.0
   
255
   
6.0
   
212
 
Total
   
38.7
 
$
606
   
45.4
 
$
578
 
* Volume in MMBF
                         
 
Over the last several years, a strong domestic market for high-quality “peeler” logs used for producing a range of products requiring veneer components has emerged that has shifted log volume away from an already diminished export market. Volume sold to domestic lumber mills represents 76% of volume sold in the second quarter of 2006, versus 85% for both the first quarter of 2006, and the comparable period in 2005. The decrease in the proportion of log volume sold to domestic mills in the second quarter of 2006 relative to both the first quarter of 2006 and the comparable quarter in 2005 is due to some strengthening of the log export market relative to the price that domestic mills pay for the same export-quality log. The proportion of log volume sold to export brokers is more consistent when comparing year-to-date results in 2006 and 2005.

Cost of Sales
 
Cost of sales for the Fee Timber segment consists of harvest and haul costs and depletion expense. Harvest and haul costs represent the direct cost incurred to convert standing timber into logs and deliver those logs to their point of sale. Depletion expense represents the estimated cost of acquiring and growing the harvested timber. The applicable depletion rate is derived by dividing the aggregate cost of timber and capitalized road expenditures by the estimated volume of merchantable timber available for harvest at the beginning of that year. The depletion rate is then applied to the volume harvested in a given period to calculate depletion expense for that period. Fee Timber cost of sales for the quarters ended June 30, 2006, March 31, 2006, and June 30, 2005 and the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 are as follows:
 
Quarter Ended:
Harvest, Haul
and Other
Depletion
Total Cost of
Sales
June 30, 2006
$3.3 million
$2.1 million
$5.4 million
March 31, 2006
3.8 million
2.6 million
6.4 million
June 30, 2005
4.1 million
3.1 million
7.2 million

Six Months Ended:
Harvest, Haul
and Other
Depletion
Total Cost of
Sales
June 30, 2006
$7.1 million
$4.7 million
$11.8 million
June 30, 2005
7.8 million
7.0 million
14.8 million
 
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Quarter Ended:
 
Harvest and Haul
per MBF
 
Depletion per
MBF
 
Total Cost
of Sales
June 30, 2006
$195
$127
$322
March 31, 2006
174
117
291
June 30, 2005
184
140
324
 
Six Months Ended:
 
Harvest and Haul
per MBF
 
Depletion per
MBF
 
Total Cost
of Sales
June 30, 2006
$184
$121
$305
June 30, 2005
173
153
326
 
Cost of sales has decreased in the second quarter of 2006 versus the first quarter of 2006 and the comparable period in prior year. These decreases are due in part to declines in harvest volume to 16.7 MMBF in the current quarter from 22.0 MMBF in the first quarter of 2006 and 22.4 MMBF in the second quarter of 2005, respectively. In addition to the change in harvest volume, cost of sales in the second quarter of 2005 included a higher proportionate component of volume harvested from a separate, high-rate depletion pool that also contributed to an abnormally elevated cost of sales in that prior year period. The separate depletion pool was created following a fourth quarter 2004 timberland acquisition, and applied only to timber harvested from that property based on the acquisition cost of that property and the property’s timber available for harvest. On a year-to-date basis, cost of sales has decreased $3.0 million from 2005 to 2006 with the decline also due to reductions in harvest volume and a decrease in average depletion rate discussed above. Harvest volume decreased to 38.7 MMBF from 45.4 MMBF for the first six months of 2006 and 2005, respectively. Year-to-date harvest volume from the separate depletion pool decreased to 6.2 MMBF in 2006 from 12.4 MMBF for the first six months of 2005. These two factors combined to result in a decrease in year-to-date depletion expense from $153/MBF for 2005 to $121/MBF for 2006.
 
Harvest and haul costs per MBF have increased in the second quarter of 2006 from both the first quarter of 2006 and 2005’s comparable period. Harvest costs vary based upon the physical site characteristics of the specific acres harvested during the period. For example, difficult-to-access sites or those located on steep hillsides are more expensive to harvest. Furthermore, haul costs vary based upon the distance between the harvest area and the mill customer’s location. Harvest and haul costs increased from the first quarter of 2006 due to an increase in harvest units located on more difficult to access property relative to the first quarter of 2006. Harvest and haul costs per MBF have increased from the comparable quarter in prior year due to a combination of more difficult to access harvest units and an increase in fuel costs. On a year to date basis the per MBF cost of harvest and haul costs have increased $11/MBF due primarily to the increase in fuel costs. Fuel costs impact both the cost of hauling logs to customers and the cost of operating the equipment used to harvest and manufacture logs. We expect high fuel costs to continue to impact harvest and haul costs for the balance of the year.
 
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Depletion expense for the quarters ended June 30, 2006, March 31, 2006, and June 30, 2005 was calculated as follows:

   
Quarter ended June 30, 2006
 
   
Pooled
 
Separate
 
Combined
 
Volume harvested (MBF)
   
13,685
   
2,965
   
16,650
 
Rate/MBF
 
$
69
 
$
397
 
$
127
 
Depletion expense
 
$
942,000
 
$
1,177,000
 
$
2,119,000
 
 
   
Quarter ended March 31, 2006
 
   
Pooled
 
Separate
 
Combined
 
Volume harvested (MBF)
   
18,820
   
3,213
   
22,033
 
Rate/MBF
 
$
69
 
$
397
 
$
117
 
Depletion expense
 
$
1,299,000
 
$
1,274,000
 
$
2,573,000
 
 
   
Quarter ended June 30, 2005
 
   
Pooled
 
Separate
 
Combined
 
Volume harvested (MBF)
   
17,284
   
5,079
   
22,363
 
Rate/MBF
 
$
72
 
$
370
 
$
140
 
Depletion expense
 
$
1,246,000
 
$
1,879,000
 
$
3,125,000
 
 
   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006
 
   
Pooled
 
Separate
 
Combined
 
Volume harvested (MBF)
   
32,505
   
6,178
   
38,683
 
Rate/MBF
 
$
69
 
$
397
 
$
121
 
Depletion expense
 
$
2,242,000
 
$
2,450,000
 
$
4,692,000
 
 
   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2005
 
   
Pooled
 
Separate
 
Combined
 
Volume harvested (MBF)
   
32,965
   
12,398
   
45,363
 
Rate/MBF
 
$
72
 
$
370
 
$
153
 
Depletion expense
 
$
2,376,000
 
$
4,586,000
 
$
6,962,000
 
 
As noted above, we created a separate depletion cost pool in the fourth quarter of 2004 for a particular timberland acquisition because of a different acquisition cost for the amount of harvestable timber. This separate depletion cost pool carries a higher depletion rate than is applicable to our combined depletion cost pool. The calculations outlined above point out the significant role that the separate depletion cost pool for timber acquired in late 2004 plays in defining the aggregate rate for each period described above. For example, as the proportionate harvest volume from the separate depletion cost pool increased in the second quarter of 2006 relative to the first quarter of 2006 the aggregate weighted average depletion rate increased to $127/MBF from $117/MBF. The depletion rate used for the separate depletion pool increased in 2006 from 2005 due to a decline in the estimated timber volume available for harvest from this particular timber tract.
 
Operating Expenses
 
Fee Timber operating expenses for each of the quarters ended June 30, 2006, March 31, 2006, and June 30, 2005 were $1.1 million. Operating expenses for both the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2005 were $2.1 million. Operating expenses include management, silviculture and the cost of both maintaining existing roads and building temporary roads required for harvest activities.
 
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Timberland Management & Consulting
 
Revenue and operating income for the Timberland Management & Consulting segment for the quarters and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 were as follows:
 
     
Quarter Ended:
Revenue
Operating Income
June 30, 2006
$0.5 million
$0.0 million
June 30, 2005
1.8 million
0.8 million

     
Six Months Ended:
 
Revenue
 
Operating Income
June 30, 2006
$2.6 million
$1.3 million
June 30, 2005
3.5 million
1.7 million

Revenue and operating income for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 were $544,000 and $37,000, respectively, which represents respective $1.3 million and $783,000 declines from the comparable period in 2005. The decrease in revenue and operating income is due to a decline in acres under management for our primary timberland management client. On a year-to-date basis, revenue and operating income declined $889,000 and $329,000, respectively, between 2005 and 2006. This decline is also due to a drop in acres under management for our primary timberland management client, partially offset by a disposition fee earned in the first quarter of 2006. Revenue and operating income in 2005 were primarily generated through providing timberland management and consulting services to this same timberland management client. Operating results for all periods presented include costs related to our private equity timber fund.
 
On August 1, 2005, we announced that management had obtained capital commitments of $61.8 million, of which the Partnership has committed $12.4 million, for the launch of a private equity timber fund. Olympic Resource Management LLC is the general partner for the fund and the Partnership is a limited partner. We are actively searching for timber properties for the fund to acquire and have placed bids on a number of timber properties. Due to the strong market for timberland we have not yet successfully placed any of the committed capital from the private equity timber fund.
 
Operating Expenses
 
Timberland Management & Consulting operating expenses for the quarters ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 were $507,000 and 1.0 million, respectively. Operating expenses for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 were $1.2 million and 1.8 million, respectively. The decrease in operating expenses is attributable to the reduction in acres we manage for our primary client as a result of timberland sales and a reduction in operating expenses associated with the timber fund.
 
Real Estate
 
The Partnership’s Real Estate segment consists primarily of revenue from the sale of land together with residential and commercial property rents. The Partnership’s real estate holdings are located primarily in Pierce, Kitsap, and Jefferson Counties in Washington State.
 
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Revenue and operating income for the Real Estate segment for the quarters ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 were as follows:
 
     
Quarter Ended:
Revenue
Operating Income
June 30, 2006
$4.6 million
$0.6 million
June 30, 2005
1.1 million
0.2 million

     
Six Months Ended:
Revenue
Operating Income
June 30, 2006
$5.0 million
$0.2 million
June 30, 2005
2.4 million
0.8 million

Real Estate revenue is generated through the sale of land and rural residential lots, and to a lesser extent from real property rents, most of which are earned at the Port Gamble townsite. Raw land sales are generally made for something other than residential or commercial use and are normally completed with very little capital investment prior to sale. Rural residential lot sales are made to developers or individuals where the lot is expected to be used for a residential dwelling with a general requirement to undertake some capital improvements such as zoning, road building, or utility access improvements prior to completing the sale.

Real Estate revenue for the quarter and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 consist of the following:


For the three months ended:
                     
                       
Description
 
Revenue
 
Gross Margin
 
Acres Sold
 
Revenue/Acre
 
Gross Margin/ Acre
 
Rural Residential
 
$
935,000
 
$
776,000
   
240
 
$
3,896
 
$
3,233
 
Commercial
   
3,427,000
   
540,000
   
21
   
161,651
   
25,472
 
Rentals
   
255,000
   
255,000
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
 
June 30, 2006 Total
 
$
4,617,000
 
$
1,571,000
   
261
 
$
16,700
 
$
5,038
 
                                 
Rural Residential
 
$
585,000
 
$
523,000
   
145
 
$
4,034
 
$
3,607
 
Other land sale
   
220,000
   
106,000
   
15
   
14,667
   
7,067
 
Rentals
   
230,000
   
230,000
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
 
Other
   
33,000
   
33,000
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
 
June 30, 2005 Total
 
$
1,068,000
 
$
892,000
   
160
 
$
5,031
 
$
3,931
 
 
For the six months ended:
                               
                                 
Description
   
Revenue
   
Gross Margin
   
Acres Sold
   
Revenue/Acre
   
Gross Margin/ Acre
 
Rural Residential
 
$
990,000
 
$
827,000
   
250
 
$
3,960
 
$
3,308
 
Commercial
   
3,483,000
   
585,000
   
21
   
164,292
   
27,594
 
Rentals
   
479,000
   
479,000
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
 
June 30, 2006 Total
 
$
4,952,000
 
$
1,891,000
   
271
 
$
16,493
 
$
5,206
 
                                 
Rural Residential
 
$
1,754,000
 
$
1,371,000
   
275
 
$
6,378
 
$
4,985
 
Other land sale
   
220,000
   
106,000
   
15
   
14,667
   
7,067
 
Rentals
   
433,000
   
433,000
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
 
Other
   
40,000
   
40,000
   
NA
   
NA
   
NA
 
June 30, 2005 Total
 
$
2,447,000
 
$
1,950,000
   
290
 
$
6,807
 
$
5,093
 
 
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Revenue and operating income for the Real Estate segment were higher in the second quarter of 2006 compared to the comparable period in 2005 due primarily to the timing of land sales. Commercial land sales include the sale of 11 acres from the Gig Harbor property to the YMCA of Pierce County and 10 acres near our headquarters building sold to the City of Poulsbo. We were obligated under the YMCA purchase and sale agreement to complete several infrastructure projects. Accordingly, we deferred $528,000 of revenue from this transaction and will recognize that revenue as the infrastructure projects are completed. Our rural residential properties ordinarily consist of timber properties that are converted to development properties. We have a number of both Rural Residential and Commercial land transactions scheduled to close over the remainder of the year pending the satisfaction of the various closing conditions applicable to each such sale.
 
At our development property in Gig Harbor, Washington, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Northwest Capital Investors (“NCI”), and a subsidiary of the Partnership, Olympic Property Group (“OPG”) submitted detailed applications with the City of Gig Harbor for a 25-acre retail shopping center on OPG’s Harbor Hill project. The applications submitted to the City of Gig Harbor are for site plan review and a site plan for a proposed Costco store, along with more than five acres of additional multi-tenant retail space. We expect our next closings from the Gig Harbor property to be on the 25-acre retail site during the second half of 2006 with Costco Wholesale Corporation for 17.5 acres, to be followed later with the sale to NCI for 2.6 acres out of the additional multi-tenant retail space.
 
Our rural residential lot program produces lots from 5 to 80 acres in size, based on underlying zoning densities. This type of program typically entails an entitlement effort more modest in scale, usually involving simple lot segregations and boundary line adjustments. Development activities include road building, surveying, and utilities installation. We anticipate selling approximately 250 acres annually in this program. We exceeded this 250-acre figure in 2005 and expect to exceed the figure again in 2006 due to the strong market for land in the Puget Sound region.
 
Our 263-acre planned development in the City of Bremerton, Washington includes 60 acres of industrial and 203 acres of residential uses. We are currently under contract to sell the 203-acre residential portion of this property with an anticipated closing during the second half of 2006. A condition of closing this sale is to build a road providing access to the property. This road will additionally provide access to and increase the value of the property’s industrial portion.

 
Cost of Sales
 
Real Estate cost of sales for the quarters ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 were $3.0 million and $176,000, respectively. On a year-to-date basis, cost of sales was $3.1 million and $447,000 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Cost of sales in the second quarter of 2006 represents the cost basis of the YMCA and Poulsbo land sales as well as two Rural Residential land sales. Cost of sales related to the transactions we anticipate closing during the second half of 2006 are expected to have a lower cost of sales as a proportion of revenue which translated to a higher gross margin resulting from these planned sales.
 
Operating Expenses
 
Real Estate operating expenses for the quarters ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 were $985,000 and $700,000, respectively. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 operating expenses were $1.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively. Higher operating expenses in the Real Estate segment are due to costs incurred in connection with planning the future development of the Port Gamble townsite. These costs are currently being expensed, versus capitalized to the townsite, as they represent development planning costs. An additional factor contributing to the cost increase is higher personnel costs incurred to meet a heightened activity level surrounding our development properties over the last couple years due to accelerated market interest in developable land generally, with particularly more intense development activities at the Gig Harbor property.
 
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Environmental Remediation
 
The Partnership has accrued liabilities for environmental cleanup of $53,000 and $158,000 as of June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. This accrual represents our estimated share of the liability for environmental clean up activities in and around the Port Gamble townsite following a negotiated settlement with Pope & Talbot in 2002. Current activities at the site include monitoring to determine if prior clean up activities were effective. Activity in the environmental remediation liability is detailed as follows:
 
   
Balances at the Beginning of the Period
 
Additions to Accrual
 
Expenditures for
Monitoring and
Remediation
 
Balances at the
End of the
Period
 
Year Ended December 31, 2005
 
$
474,000
 
$
198,000
       
$
514,000
 
$
158,000
 
Quarter ended March 31, 2006
   
158,000
   
-
         
69,000
   
89,000
 
Quarter ended June 30, 2006
 
$
89,000
               
36,000
   
53,000
 

We believe that the current liability is adequate to meet our share of the anticipated costs of remediation; however, we have, from time to time in the past, discovered additional facts that have led us to take charges against operating income in order to increase this liability, and if we discover new facts in the future we may be required to take similar charges in future periods.

General and Administrative (G&A) 
 
G&A expenses for the quarters ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 were $902,000 and $847,000, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 G&A expenses were $1.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively. The increase in G&A expenses in 2006 is due in large part to charges of $51,000 and $165,000, respectively, for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 that reflect the recognition over the service period of the estimated value of certain equity based compensation arrangements recognized following our adoption of SFAS No. 123R.
 
Interest Income and Expense
 
Interest income for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 increased to $252,000 from $74,000 for the corresponding period of 2005. On a year-to-date basis, interest income increased to $471,000 from $93,000 for the corresponding period in 2005. The increase in interest income is due to higher cash and short-term investments balances and, to a lesser extent, an increase in interest rates earned on these short-term investments.
 
Interest expense for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 was $469,000 and $709,000, respectively. On a year-to-date basis, interest expense decreased to $997,000 from $1.4 million for the corresponding period in 2005. The Partnership’s debt consists primarily of mortgage debt with a fixed interest rate. The decrease in interest expense is due to the capitalization of interest expense of $196,000 for the quarter and $362,000 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006. Interest expense is being capitalized to the long-term development project at Gig Harbor as development activities have increased on this project in 2006.
 
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Income Tax
 
Pope Resources is a limited partnership and is, therefore, not subject to federal income tax. Taxable income/loss is reported to unitholders each year on a Form K-1 for inclusion in each unitholder’s tax return. Pope Resources does have corporate subsidiaries, however, that are subject to income tax.
 
For the quarter ended June 30, 2006 the Partnership recorded a tax benefit of $8,000, as compared to $263,000 of tax expense for the corresponding period in 2005. The decrease in tax expense is due to the decline in acres managed by the Timberland Management & Consulting segment and the resultant reduction in that segment’s operating income. On a year-to-date basis, income tax expense was $437,000 and $510,000 for the periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Income tax expense recorded in 2006 was recorded in the first quarter as a result of the disposition fee earned. The decline in income tax expense on a year-to-date basis is also due to fewer acres under management. 
 
Minority Interest
 
Minority interest represents that share of income earned from the Investor Portfolio Management Business (IPMB) attributable to Pope MGP, Inc., the managing general partner of the Partnership. The amendment to the Limited Partnership Agreement authorizing the Partnership to pursue the IPMB further specifies that income from the IPMB will be split using a sliding scale allocation method beginning at 80% to the Partnership’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ORM, Inc., and 20% to Pope MGP, Inc. The sliding scale allocation method evenly divides IPMB income between ORM, Inc. and Pope MGP, Inc. once such income reaches $7,000,000 in a given fiscal year.
 
Current activities of the IPMB are contained in the Timberland Management & Consulting segment, which includes timberland consulting, management, and expenses associated with the launch of a private equity timber fund. Minority interest allocation of income in the second quarter of 2006 and 2005 was a benefit of $14,000 and expense of $128,000, respectively. On a year to date basis, minority income allocation was $119,000 and $229,000, respectively. The decrease in minority interest allocation is due to the decline in acres under management in the Timberland Management & Consulting segment.
 
Analysis of Operating Income
 
The following table sets forth expenses as a percentage of revenue for the quarters and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005:
 
   
Quarter ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
Revenues
   
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
Cost of sales
   
54
   
46
   
47
   
46
 
Operating expenses
   
16
   
17
   
16
   
16
 
General, and administrative expenses
   
6
   
5
   
6
   
5
 
Operating income
   
24
%
 
32
%
 
31
%
 
33
%


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Cost of sales includes the cost of purchasing and producing tangible goods for sale. In addition to depletion associated with timber production levels, cost of sales for the Partnership will fluctuate due to the mix of revenue between the sale of tangible goods and revenue generated from providing services. Cost of sales as a percentage of revenue increased 8 percentage points from 46% in the second quarter of 2005 to 54% for the second quarter of 2006. The increase in cost of sales as a percentage of revenue is attributable to cost of sales resulting from Real Estate closings in 2006 that carried a relatively high proportion of cost of sales and the decrease in revenue generated from the Timberland Management & Consulting segment that does not generate a corresponding amount of cost of sales. As the relative portion of revenue generated from Fee Timber and Real Estate increases, cost of sales as a percentage of overall revenue tends to increase as well. On a year-to-date basis the increase in cost of sales as a percentage of revenue is much less pronounced due to a disposition fee earned in the first quarter of 2006 that did not have offsetting cost of sales.
 
Operating expenses consist of salary and other costs directly attributable to revenue-generating activity. As a percentage of revenue, operating expenses decreased 1% for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 when compared to the comparable period in 2005. The decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of revenue is primarily due to the increase in revenue generated from the Real Estate segment in the current quarter without a corresponding increase in operating expense.
 
G&A expenses as a percentage of revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 increased by 1 percentage point to 6% from the corresponding period in 2005 on both a quarter and year-to-date basis. This increase results from an increase in G&A expenses combined with a decline in revenue. In raw dollar terms, G&A expenses increased in 2006 from 2005 due primarily to recognition of $51,000 and $165,000 of equity compensation for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006, respectively. Recognition of this compensation cost followed our implementation of SFAS No. 123R.
 
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
We do not have any off balance sheet arrangements.
 
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
We ordinarily finance our business activities using funds from operations and, where appropriate in management’s assessment, bank lines of credit. Funds generated internally from operations and externally through financing are expected to provide the required resources for the Partnership's currently anticipated capital expenditures. The Partnership’s debt-to-total-capitalization ratio as measured by the book value of equity was 31% at June 30, 2006 versus 35% as of June 30, 2005. Management considers capital resources to be adequate for its current plans. The Partnership’s debt consists primarily of a timberland mortgage with a fixed amortization schedule and loan term, which includes a prepayment penalty. In view of a cash and short-term investment balance of nearly $23 million at June 30, 2006, we have elected for the time being not to maintain a revolving line of credit. We will continue to monitor and forecast our expected cash requirements and re-establish a line of credit if management anticipates additional capital expenditures or a need for the additional liquidity.
 
In August 2005 we announced an increase in our quarterly unitholder distribution; the increase in this distribution resulted in an increase cash distributions to unit holders from $1.4 million, or $0.15 per diluted ownership unit, per quarter, to $2.3 million, or $0.25 per diluted ownership unit, per quarter.
 
On August 1, 2005 we announced the closing of ORM Timber Fund I, LP (the “Fund”), with a committed equity balance of $61.8 million, of which we have committed to invest $12.4 million. Now that the Fund is fully subscribed we are actively searching for suitable timber properties for the Fund to acquire. Pope Resources and the other limited partners in the Fund are required to contribute committed capital as properties are purchased by the Fund. If we are successful in locating suitable properties for the Fund, we will be required to contribute all or a portion of our investment commitment, which would have a corresponding impact on our available cash. The Fund will be consolidated into the Partnership’s financial statements.
 
Over the remaining nine months of 2006, management plans to harvest approximately 18 MMBF of timber for a total fiscal 2006 harvest of 57 MMBF. Since harvest plans are based on demand and pricing, actual harvesting may vary subject to management's ongoing review. The planned decrease in harvest volume in 2006, relative to the 74 MMBF harvested in 2005, will result in a decline in Fee Timber revenue. We expect this decline to be offset on a consolidated basis through planned Real Estate sales, particularly sales of portions of the Gig Harbor and Bremerton projects.
 
For the three months ended June 30, 2006, overall cash and cash equivalents decreased $682,000 versus an increase of $817,000 for the corresponding period in the prior year. Cash generated by operating activities increased to $14.0 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006 from $12.8 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2005. The increase in cash generated by operating activities primarily results from an increase in cash generated from the sale of development properties.
 
Cash used for investing activities increased to $10.8 million for the first six months of 2006 from $9.7 million for the comparable period in 2005. The increase in cash used for investing activities is due to an increase in capital expenditures for the Partnership’s development properties netted against a $3.0 million decline in the purchase of Auction Rate Securities. Investing activities in 2006 consist of the purchase of $5.0 million of auction rate securities and $5.8 million of capital expenditures. Year-to-date capital expenditures in 2006 consist of the following: $4.2 million of capitalized development costs at the Gig Harbor site; $362,000 of interest capitalized to the Gig Harbor project, $339,000 of capitalized development costs on the Partnership’s other development properties; $521,000 of reforestation and road building costs on the owned timberlands; $283,000 of capital improvements at the Port Gamble townsite; and $96,000 of other miscellaneous capital expenditures.
 
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Investing activities in 2005 total $9.7 million and include $8 million of Auction Rate Securities and $1.7 million of capital expenditures. Capital expenditures consist of $567,000 of capitalized reforestation and road building costs; $705,000 of capitalizable entitlement costs on our development properties; $273,000 for purchase of trucks for our foresters; $135,000 of capital expenditures at the Port Gamble, Washington townsite; and $11,000 of miscellaneous capital additions.
 
Cash used in financing activities increased to $3.8 million from $2.2 million. This increase is due primarily to an increase in unitholder distributions and a decrease in cash generated by option exercises. Distributions increased from $0.10 per unit to $0.25 per unit in the third quarter of 2005.
 
Seasonality
 
Fee Timber. The Partnership owns nearly 115,000 acres of timberland in Washington State. Our timber acreage is concentrated in two non-contiguous tree farms: the 71,000-acre Hood Canal tree farm located in Kitsap, Jefferson, and Mason Counties on the eastern side of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, and the 44,000-acre Columbia tree farm located in Cowlitz, Clark, Lewis, Skamania, and Pierce counties on the western side of Washington’s Cascade mountain range.
 
The Hood Canal tree farm is concentrated at low elevations, which permits us to harvest trees year-round. Generally, we concentrate our harvests from this tree farm in the winter and spring when supply, and thus competition, is typically lower and, accordingly, when we can expect to receive higher prices. With the acquisition of the Columbia tree farm in 2001, management expected a decrease in the seasonality of Fee Timber operations as the Columbia tree farm is at higher elevations where harvest activities are generally possible only in the late spring and summer months. In practice, over the last two years our harvest has tended to be more front-loaded, as log prices have been relatively strong in the first half of the year enabling management to front-load the harvest plan. In future periods, management expects quarterly harvest volume to be affected by both local market conditions for logs and weather conditions.
 
Timberland Management & Consulting. In broad terms, Timberland Management & Consulting operations are not currently seasonal. Our timberland consulting operations at McCloud, California are, however, concentrated primarily in the summer months. The relative importance of this operation will increase as timberland management revenue declines for the remainder of 2006.
 
Real Estate. While Real Estate results are not expected to be seasonal, the nature of the activities in this segment will likely result in periodic large transactions that will have significant positive impacts on both revenue and operating income of the Partnership in periods in which these transactions close, and relatively limited revenue and income or losses in other periods. While the “lumpiness” of these results is not primarily a function of seasonal weather patterns, we do expect to see some seasonal fluctuations in this segment because of the general effects of weather on Pacific Northwest development activities.
 
Capital Expenditures and Commitments
 
Based on management’s current estimates, total capital expenditures in 2006, excluding the planned investment in ORM Timber Fund I, LP, are expected to approximate $13.8 million, of which $4.1 million has been expended through June 30, 2006. These expected capital expenditures include $6.3 million related to the Real Estate project at Gig Harbor, Washington for roads, a community water tank, and water and sewer connections to the property and $3.0 million for the Bremerton West Hills property to construct a road which is a condition of closing for the residential portion of this property. Remaining planned capital expenditures are related to various property development projects, capitalized reforestation costs, and capital improvements at the Port Gamble townsite. The actual pace of the Gig Harbor and Bremerton expenditures will depend on how quickly we are able get approvals for our planned improvements at the sites. The Partnership expects that the sources of capital for currently anticipated expenditures will be generated internally through operations, and management expects to be able to obtain external financing to supplement available funds as necessary.
 
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ACCOUNTING MATTERS
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
Management believes its most critical accounting policies and estimates relate to management’s calculation of timber depletion and liabilities for matters such as environmental remediation, and potential asset impairments. In relation to liabilities, potential impairments and other estimated charges, it is management’s policy to conduct ongoing reviews of significant accounting policies and assumptions used in the preparation of the financial results of the Partnership. The assumptions used are tested against available and relevant information and reviewed with subject-matter experts for consistency and reliability. During the preparation of financial results, tests are conducted to ascertain that the net book carrying values of assets are not in excess of estimated future cash flows. These tests use current market information, if available, or other generally accepted valuation methods, such as future cash flows. When the use of estimates is necessary, an exact answer is unlikely, and therefore, the reporting within a range of likely outcomes is used in the preparation of the financial statements. Tests are also applied in order to be reasonably assured that liabilities are properly reflected on the records of the Partnership and that the notes to the financial statements are prepared in a fashion that informs readers of possible outcomes and risks associated with the conduct of business.

Purchased Timberlands Allocation: When the Partnership acquires timberlands, a purchase price allocation is performed that allocates cost between the categories of merchantable timber, premerchantable timber, and land based upon the relative fair values pertaining to each of the categories. When timberland is acquired the land is evaluated for current value. To the extent the land has value under current market conditions as something other than timberland, generally referred to as HBU, we assign a value greater than that typically associated with timberland.
 
Depletion-Cost Pools: Depletion represents the cost of timber harvested and is charged to operations by applying a depletion rate to volume harvested during the period. The depletion rate is calculated in January each year by dividing the Partnership’s cost of merchantable timber by the volume of merchantable timber. Merchantable timber is defined as timber that is equal to or greater than 40 years of age.

To calculate the depletion rate, the Partnership combines all properties with similar characteristics and uses one depletion rate for all volume harvested from that timberland asset pool. Each timberland acquisition is evaluated for consistency with the already established timberland portfolio using the following five characteristics:

1.  
Management-Will the acquisition be managed as part of the existing cost pool?
2.  
Location-Is the tree farm in the same geography as the existing timberland cost pool?
3.  
Products-Will the products harvested from the acquisition be substantially similar to those harvested from the existing cost pool?
4.  
Customers/Markets-Will the harvest from the acquisition be sold to the same customers/markets as logs harvested from the existing cost pool?
5.  
Stocking-Are the acres in the acquisition of a similar age class distribution to the existing cost pool? (If the premerchantable timberland acres in the acquisition are less than 50% of total acres, stocking on the acquisition will be deemed sufficiently different and strongly indicate that a separate pool is appropriate.)

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In October 2004 we acquired 1,339 acres of timberland that was substantially all merchantable timber. We created a separate cost pool for this acquisition with an initial depletion rate of $370 per MBF that is applied to timber harvested from these recently acquired acres. In January 2006, we adjusted this depletion rate to reflect the latest estimate of timber volume available for harvest on this property. As a result of this evaluation the depletion rate was increased to $397 per MBF.

Depletion-Estimated Volume: Inventory volumes take into account the applicable state and federal regulatory limits on timber harvests as applied to the Partnership’s properties, including the Forests and Fish law that supplements Washington State’s forest practice regulations to provide for expanded riparian management zones, wildlife leave trees, and other harvest restrictions. Timber inventory volume is accounted for by the Partnership's standing timber inventory system, which utilizes annual statistical sampling of the timber (cruising) with annual adjustments made for estimated growth and the depletion of areas harvested.

The standing inventory system is subject to two processes each year to monitor accuracy. The first is the annual cruise process and the second is a comparison of (a) volume actually extracted by harvest, to (b) inventory for the corresponding stands of harvested timber in the standing inventory system at the time of the harvest. A “cruise” represents a physical measurement of timber on a specific set of acres. The cruise process is completed when the physical measurement totals are compared to the inventory in the standing inventory system. The standing inventory system is then updated for the results of the cruise. Only productive acres with timber that is at least 20 years old are selected to cruise. The Partnership cruised 20% of its productive acres with 20 year old or greater timber in 2004 and 17% in 2005. We plan to cruise 20% in 2006 and thereafter. Specific acres are first selected for cruising with a bias towards those acres that have gone the longest without a cruise and, second, with a bias towards those acres that have been growing the longest. As the cruise is being performed, only those trees with a breast-height diameter (approximately 4.5 feet from the ground) of at least 6 inches are measured for inclusion in the inventory.

Environmental Remediation: The environmental remediation liability represents estimated payments to be made to monitor (and remediate if necessary) certain areas in and around the townsite and millsite of Port Gamble, Washington. Port Gamble is a historic town that was owned and operated by P&T, a related party, until 1985 when the townsite and other assets were spun off to the Partnership. P&T continued to operate the townsite until 1996 and leased the millsite at Port Gamble through January 2002, at which point P&T signed an agreement with the Partnership dividing the responsibility for environmental remediation of Port Gamble between the two parties.

The environmental remediation liability on the Partnership’s books is based upon an estimate of the Partnership’s portion of the clean-up costs under this agreement with P&T. While the majority of the Partnership’s portion of the clean up efforts is complete, there remains the possibility that the remaining remediation or monitoring activities may exceed estimates, resulting in an additional environmental remediation charge. Management will continue to monitor the remaining liability against estimates to complete to determine if an adjustment to the environmental remediation liability is necessary to accurately represent management’s estimate of remaining cost to complete the project.

Property Development Costs: The Partnership is developing several master planned communities with the Gig Harbor and Bremerton projects being the most notable currently. Costs of development, including interest, are capitalized these projects and allocated to individual lots based upon their relative preconstruction value. This allocation of basis supports, in turn, the computation of those amounts reported as a current vs. long-term asset (“Land Held for Sale” and “Land Held for Development”, respectively). As lot sales occur, the allocation of these costs becomes part of cost of sales attributed to individual lot sales. Capitalized property development costs are classified as investing activities while cash generated from the sale of these properties is classified as an operating activity on our cash flow statement.

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Percentage of Completion Revenue Recognition: The partnership accounts for revenue recognized from development sales consistent with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 66 Accounting for Sales of Real Estate. When a real estate transaction is closed with significant outstanding obligations to complete infrastructure or other construction, revenue is recognized on a percentage of completion method by calculating a ratio of costs incurred to total costs expected. Revenue is deferred by the ratio of remaining costs to complete. As a result of this accounting the Partnership has deferred $528,000 of revenue related to the YMCA of Pierce County closing on the Gig Harbor project. The remaining costs are expected to be incurred by December 31, 2006 resulting in the recognition of revenue previously deferred.
 
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES
 
ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
Interest Rate Risk
 
As of June 30, 2006, the Partnership had $32.3 million of fixed-rate debt outstanding with a fair value of approximately $32 million based on the current interest rates for similar financial instruments. A change in the interest rate on fixed-rate debt will affect the fair value of the debt, whereas a change in the interest rate on variable-rate debt will affect interest expense and cash flows.
 
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
The Partnership’s management maintains a system of internal controls, which management views as adequate to promote the timely identification and reporting of material, relevant information. Those controls include (1) requiring executive management and all managers in accounting roles to sign and adhere to a Code of Conduct and (2) implementation of a confidential hotline for employees to contact the Audit Committee directly with financial reporting concerns. Additionally, the Partnership’s senior management team meets regularly to discuss significant transactions and events affecting the Partnership’s operations. The Partnership’s President & CEO and Vice President & CFO (“Executive Officers”) lead these meetings and consider whether topics discussed represent information that should be disclosed under generally accepted accounting principles and the rules of the SEC. The Board of Directors of the Partnership’s general partner includes an Audit Committee. The Audit Committee reviews the earnings release and all reports on Form 10-Q and 10-K prior to their filing. The Audit Committee is responsible for hiring and overseeing the Partnership’s external auditors and meets with those auditors at least eight times each year. The Audit Committee also meets regularly in executive session outside the presence of the Executive Officers and other employees, including meeting in executive sessions with the Partnership’s certifying accountants four times each year.

Our Executive Officers are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures. They have designed such controls to ensure that others make all material information known to them within the organization. Management regularly evaluates ways to improve internal controls.

As of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q our Executive Officers completed an evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures and have determined them to be functioning properly and effectively. We have made no changes to internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter that materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II
 
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
From time to time, the Partnership may be subject to legal proceedings and claims that may have a material adverse impact on its business. Management is not aware of any current legal proceedings or claims that will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse impact on its business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations.
 
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
 
Our business is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, any one or more of which could impact our operating results and financial condition materially and adversely. Some of these risks are discussed in greater detail below, arranged according to business segment. In addition, we face a number of risks that affect our business generally. We compete against much larger companies in each of our business segments. These larger competitors may have access to larger amounts of capital and significantly greater economies of scale. Land ownership carries with it the risk of incurring liabilities due to accidents that take place on the land and previously undiscovered environmental contamination. The Partnership endeavors to maintain adequate accruals to reflect the cost of remediating known environmental contamination and other liabilities resulting from land ownership. However these estimates may prove to be inadequate as additional information is discovered. The operation of a tree farm and construction of infrastructure facilities on the Partnership’s development properties raises the risk of large liability claims resulting from accidents. A more thorough discussion of the risks and uncertainties that may affect our business is contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, and in our various other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers should review these risks in deciding whether to invest in Partnership units, and should recognize that those factors are not an exhaustive list of risks that could cause us to deviate from management’s expectations. Readers also are cautioned that, in reviewing these risk factors, the factors contained in this report and in our other SEC filings are effective as of the date the filing was made, and we cannot undertake to update those disclosures.
 
Fee Timber
 
Fee Timber revenue is generated primarily through the sale of softwood logs to both domestic mills and third-party intermediaries that resell to the export market. The domestic market for logs in the Puget Sound region of Washington State has been impacted by imported lumber from Canada and decreased demand for lumber as engineered wood products have gained market acceptance in the U.S. These factors have had the effect of concentrating mill ownership with larger mill operators and decreasing the number of mills operating in the Puget Sound region. If this trend continues, decreases in local demand for logs may decrease our profitability. Over the last few years the Partnership has seen the price of logs erode in the Japanese market as competing logs and lumber from regions outside of the U.S. and engineered wood products have gradually gained market acceptance. These export markets for Pacific Northwest logs are significantly affected by fluctuations in U.S. and Japanese economies, as well as by the foreign currency exchange rate between the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar.
 
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Our ability to grow and harvest timber can be significantly impacted by legislation, regulations or court rulings that restrict or stop forest practices. Restrictions on logging, planting, road building, fertilizing, managing competing vegetation and other activities can significantly increase the cost or reduce available inventory thereby reducing income.
 
Timberland Management & Consulting
 
The Timberland Management & Consulting segment is currently operating with one major timberland management client. Management is working to expand our fee-for-service business by the launch of our timber fund, also a component of our Timberland Management & Consulting segment. Unlike other components of our business, which relate solely or primarily to real estate and timber operations, this line of business carries risks relating to the offer and sale of securities, and to the management of investment operations, including potential liability to investors if we are determined to have made material misstatements or omissions to those investors, potential accusations that we have breached fiduciary duties to other limited partners, and similar types of investor action. Moreover, litigation of shareholder-related matters can be expensive and time consuming, and if brought, would likely distract management from their focus on ordinary operating activities.
 
Real Estate
 
The value of our real estate investments is subject to changes in the economic and regulatory environment, as well as various land use regulations and development risks, including the ability to obtain the necessary permits and zoning variances that would allow us to maximize our revenue from our real estate investments. Our real estate investments are long-term in nature, which raises the risk that unforeseen changes in the economy or laws surrounding development activities may have an adverse affect on our investments. Moreover, these investments often are highly illiquid and thus may not generate cash flow if and when needed to support our other operations.
 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
 
(a) - (e) None
 
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
 
None
 
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
 
None
 
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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
 
(a) None
 
 
(b)
There have been no material changes in the procedures for shareholders of the Partnership’s general partner to nominate directors to the board.
 
ITEM 6. Exhibits
 
Exhibits.

31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (furnished with this report in accordance with SEC Rel. No. 33-8238.
32.2  
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (furnished with this report in accordance with SEC Rel. No. 33-8238.
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on August 8, 2006.
 

 
POPE RESOURCES,
 
A Delaware Limited Partnership 
   
 
By: POPE MGP, Inc.
 
Managing General Partner
   
   
 
By: /s/ David L. Nunes
 
David L. Nunes
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
   
 
By: /s/ Thomas M. Ringo
 
Thomas M. Ringo
 
Vice President and CFO
 
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
 
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Exhibit 31.1

Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
I, David L. Nunes, certify that:
 
 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Pope Resources;
 
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     
 
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     
 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     
 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
 
 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: August 3, 2006
 
/s/ David L. Nunes
David L. Nunes
Chief Executive Officer

 
Exhibit 31.2
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
I, Thomas M. Ringo, certify that:
 
 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Pope Resources;
 
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     
 
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     
 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     
 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
 
 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     
 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: August 8, 2006 
 
/s/ Thomas M. Ringo
Thomas M. Ringo
Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 32.1
Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Pope Resources (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David L. Nunes, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

This certification is being furnished solely to comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise be deemed to be filed as part of the Report or under such Acts.


/s/ David L. Nunes
David L. Nunes
Chief Executive Officer


August 3, 2006

Exhibit 32.2
Exhibit 32.2


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Pope Resources (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Thomas M. Ringo, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

This certification is being furnished solely to comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise be deemed to be filed as part of the Report or under such Acts.


By: /s/ Thomas M. Ringo   
Thomas M. Ringo
Chief Financial Officer


August 8, 2006