Potlatch Corporation provided earnings guidance for the first quarter 2018. For the period, The company expects to sell approximately 5,000 acres at an average price of $1,500 per acre. Real Estate's operating income is expected to be about $4 million. The company earnings, excluding special items, to be meaningfully higher than first quarter 2017. This is primarily because current lumber prices are about 25% higher than they were at this time last year.