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 undersigned?s 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, as fully 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-fact?s 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, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned?s responsibilities to comply 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
undersigned?s 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 9th day of December 2010.





/s/ Andr? J. Hawaux
Andr? J. Hawaux