Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

INLAND FIBER GROUP, LLC AND SUBSIDIARY

I, John M. Rudey, certify that:

| | 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q
                              of Inland Fiber Group, LLC;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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| | 2. | 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;
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| | 3. | 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;                   
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| | 4. | The registrants other certifying officer(s)
                              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 we 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 report is being prepared;                                   
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| | b) | 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                                                                                                                              
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| | c) | 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 fiscal 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;
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| | 5. | The registrants other certifying officer(s)
                              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 function);
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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 adverselyaffect 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.                                                                
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|Date: |  | May 12, 2006 |  |  | By: | /s/ John M. Rudey          
|      |  |              |  |  |     | John M. Rudey              
|      |  |              |  |  |     | Chairman, President and    
|      |  |              |  |  |     | Principal Executive Officer