LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Gregory M. Saltzberg and Danette Wineberg, signing
singly, the undersigned s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
capacity as an officer, director and/or stockholder of The Timberland
Company (the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder;

(2)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendment thereto and timely file such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
foregoing authority, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite,necessary,or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, asfully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted.The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, inserving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigneds responsibilities tocomply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigneds holdings of and transaction in securities of the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of Attorney may be filed with
the SEC as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this _____ day of ___ ___ 2009.


__John J. Fitzgerald_Jr._______________
Print Name of Reporting
Person or Entity


_/s/ John J. Fitzgerald Jr.______________
Signature of Reporting person