**Exhibit 31.1**

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**CEOCERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302**

**OF THESARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

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**I, W. Thomas Stephens, chief executive officer of BoiseCascade Company, certify that:**

 
| 1.     | I have reviewed this  quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Boise Cascade Company;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| 2.     | Based on my knowledge,  this quarterly 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 quarterly report; |
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| 3.     | Based on my knowledge, the  financial statements, and other financial information included in this  quarterly 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 quarterly 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 quarterly report is being prepared; |
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|   | b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | evaluated the effectiveness  of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this  quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this  quarterly report based on such evaluation; and |
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|   | c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | disclosed in this  quarterly report any change in the registrant’s internal control over  financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this quarterly  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: August 11, 2005 

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

 

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