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AUSTIN, Texas--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Forestar Group Inc. (NYSE: FOR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Carl A. Thomason to the Companyas Board of Directors.

Mr. Thomason, 58, has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, holding various positions relating to the acquisition and trading of crude oil, including as an owner of a regional crude oil gathering and transportation company. Mr. Thomason serves on the board of directors for Genesis Energy, LLC and Pritchett Water Supply Corporation.

With the appointment of Mr. Thomason, Forestar Groupas Board consists of 11 members, 10 of which are independent. The membership of all committees of the Board consists entirely of independent directors.

Mr. Thomason will be included in the companyas proxy statement and stand for election by the shareholders at the 2012 annual shareholders meeting.

About Forestar Group

Forestar Group Inc. operates in three business segments: real estate, mineral resources and fiber resources. At the end of the third quarter 2011, the real estate segment owns directly or through ventures over 159,000 acres of real estate located in nine states and twelve markets in the U.S. The real estate segment has 16 real estate projects representing approximately 27,600 acres currently in the entitlement process, and 75 entitled, developed and under development projects in seven states and eleven markets encompassing almost 16,000 acres, comprised of approximately 28,000 residential lots and over 2,300 commercial acres. The mineral resources segment manages about 602,000 net acres of oil and gas mineral interests located principally in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia. Also included in the mineral resources segment is a 45% nonparticipating royalty interest in groundwater produced or withdrawn for commercial purposes from approximately 1.4 million acres in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama and about 17,800 acres of groundwater leases in central Texas. The fiber resources segment includes the sale of wood fiber and management of our recreational leases. Forestaras address on the World Wide Web is [ www.forestargroup.com ].

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains aforward-looking statementsa within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements reflect managementas current views with respect to future events and are subject to risk and uncertainties. We note that a variety of factors and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors and uncertainties that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: general economic, market, or business conditions; the opportunities (or lack thereof) that may be presented to us and that we may pursue; fluctuations in costs and expenses including development costs; demand for new housing, including impacts from mortgage credit availability; lengthy and uncertain entitlement processes; cyclicality of our businesses; accuracy of accounting assumptions; competitive actions by other companies; changes in laws or regulations; and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. Except as required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements contained in this news release to reflect the occurrence of events after the date of this news release.