**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATION OFCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

I, Russell C. Taylor, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc., certify that:

 

1.     I have reviewed this annualreport on Form 10-K/A of Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc. for the periodended February 29, 2008;

 

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untruestatement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary tomake the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport;

 

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and otherfinancial 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, theperiods presented in this report;

 

4.     The registrant’s othercertifying officer 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)) andinternal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)   Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

 

(b)   Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

 

(c)   Evaluated the effectiveness****of the registrant’s disclosure controls and proceduresand presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter that has material affected, or is reasonably likelyto materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting; and

 

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5.     The registrant’s othercertifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and theaudit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

 

(a)   Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operationof internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, andreport financial information; and

 

(b)   Anyfraud**,** whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date:  | February 3, 2009                  |   |   |
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|   | /s/ Russell C. Taylor                  |
|   | Russell C. Taylor                      |
|   | President and Chief Executive  Officer |

 

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