|INLAND
      FIBER GROUP, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY
      (formerly U.S. Timberlands Klamath Falls, LLC)
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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, John M. Rudey, certify
  that:

| | 1. | I have reviewed
      this annual report on Form 10-K of Inland Fiber Group, LLC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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| | 2. | Based on
      my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
      fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
      in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
      misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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| | 3. | Based on
      my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
      condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of,
      and for, the periods presented in this report;                   
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| | 4. | The registrants
      other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
      disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
      and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:                                                                                 
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| | a) | designed
      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
      and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
      information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
      is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
      the period in which this report is being prepared;           
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| | b) | evaluated
      the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures
      and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
      the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
      by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                            
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| | c) | disclosed
      in this report any change in the registrants internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent
      fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case
      of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
      to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial
      reporting;
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| | 5. | The registrants
      other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
      evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants
      auditors and the audit committee of registrants board of directors
      (or persons performing the equivalent function);
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| | a) | all significant
      deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
      control over financial reporting  which are reasonably likely to adversely
      affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report
      financial; information and
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|INLAND
      FIBER GROUP, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY
      (formerly U.S. Timberlands Klamath Falls, LLC)
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| | b) | any fraud,
      whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
      who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over
      financial reporting.
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|                     |  | /s/ John M. Rudey                
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|Date: April 14, 2004 |  | John M. Rudey                    
|                     |  | Chairman, President
      and    
|                     |  | Principal Executive
      Officer
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