EXHIBIT 31.1

                          CERTIFICATIONS


     I,  Phelps C. Wood, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Central Natural Resources, Inc., certify that:

     I  have  reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Central
Natural Resources, Inc.

     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;

     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;

     The   registrant's  other certifying 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))  and  internal  control over financial  reporting (as
defined  in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
registrant and have:

     (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;

     (b)   Designed  such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused  such  internal control over  financial
reporting  to be  designed  under our supervision, to  provide
reasonable assurance  regarding the reliability  of  financial
reporting and  the  preparation of  financial statements   for
external  purposes in  accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;

     (c)    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

     (d)  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  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; and

The  registrant's other certifying officer 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 the registrant's board of directors (or persons
fulfilling the equivalent functions):

     (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

     (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.


Dated:   March 29, 2004

/s/ Phelps C. Wood
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Phelps C. Wood
President