**Exhibit 31.1**

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I,Russell C. Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cellu TissueHoldings, Inc., certify that:

1.               I havereviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc.for the period ended May 25, 2006;

2.               Basedon my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

3.               Basedon my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of theregistrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.               Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) 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 quarterly report is being prepared;

(b)          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

(c)           Disclosedin this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has material affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

5.                The registrant’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

(a)           All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the designor operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, andreport financial information; and

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(b)          Any fraud**,** whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Date:  | July 10,  2006            |   |
|--------|--------------------------------|--------|
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|   | /s/ Russell C.  Taylor         |
|   | Russell C.  Taylor             |
|   | President and  Chief Executive |
|   | Officer                        |
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