September 30, 2004

Contacts: Curt Copenhagen
Director of Public Affairs
Longview Fibre Company
360-575-5906

Dennis Gaffke
President
Tulsack, Inc.
918-664-0664
Longview Fibre Company's Intent to Sell Bag Business To Ampac Packaging LLC Is Announced

Longview, Washington, September 30,2004-After more than 60 years of supplying wholesale-packaging distributors' needs with a variety of paper bags, Longview Fibre Company(NYSE:LFB) today announced intent to sell its bag business to Ampac Packaging LLC.
Richard H. Wollenberg, President, CEO and Chairman of Longview Fibre, and John Baumann, CEO & President of Ampac Packaging, have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent for the sale, and anticipate closing the transaction before the end of October, subject to the negotiation of a definitive purchase agreement and other conditions.
In deciding to sell Longview Fibre's bag-converting assets that serve the merchandise and handle shopping paper-bag markets, Wollenberg said, "Bag manufacturing is a very small piece of our Company's business-less than 1% of total sales.
"Our focus continues to be on Longview Fibre's core business of being a diversified timberlands manager and a specialty paper and container manufacturer." said Wollenberg. "Longview Fibre will continue to be a major producer and marketer of bag-paper for our many converter customers, including our specialty line of TEA-Kraft™ multiwall bag-paper."
Ampac Packaging intends to purchase the bag-production operations at Longview Fibre's Spanish Fork, Utah, converting plant, and lease from Longview's the bag facility which occupies nearly 20% of the total Spanish Fork complex. Ampac also is buying the bag business and production equipment of Longview's Waltham, Massachusetts, bag plant, and plans to serve the customers from other Ampac facilities. Longview Fibre will continue to be an Ampac bag-paper supplier.
Wollenberg notes, " With Ampac, we are pleased that our valued bag customers will continue to receive high-quality service."
Baumann said, "This acquisition expands Ampac Packaging's reach throughout the United STates. With production platforms in Walden, New York;Cincinnati, Ohio; Mobile, Alalbama;Tulsa, Oklahoma;and now Spanish Fork, Utah, no other retial-focused bag manufacturer has such an array of capabilities and services, in so many strategically positioned locations, at the disposal of its customers."
Ampac Packaging and Tulsack, an Ampac Company, are recognized as leaders in the flexible-packaging and retail-bag markets. Ampac's headquarters are located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tulsack's offices are in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Longview Fibre Company's products include: logs, corrugated and solid-fiber containers;commodity and specialty kraft paper and paperboard;and dimension, specialty lumber. Longview Fibre's headquarters are located in Longview, Washington.
Forward-Looking Statements-This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the sale of Longview Fibre's bag business to Ampac. Actual events could differ materially from those anticipated due to a variety of factors, including, among others, the parties' failure to negotiate a definitive purchase agreement or meet closing conditions. Neither party undertkes any obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances change.