**Exhibit31.1**

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**CEOCERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302**

**OF THESARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

 
|   | I, W. Thomas  Stephens, chief executive officer of Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C., certify  that:                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| 1.     | I have  reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| 2.     | Based on my  knowledge, this annual 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 annual  report; |
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| 3.     | Based on my  knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included  in this annual 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 annual report;                    |
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| 4.     | 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)) for the registrant and 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 annual report is being prepared; |
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|   | b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Evaluated  the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and  presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of  the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered  by this annual report based on such evaluation; and |
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|   | c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Disclosed in  this annual 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 |
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| 5.     | 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 performing the equivalent functions):            |
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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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|   | 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. |

 

 

Date:  March 1, 2006

 

 
|         | /s/ W. Thomas Stephens                       |   |
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| *** *** | ***W. Thomas Stephens  Chief Executive Officer*** |

 

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