Supplemental Retirement Policy


It is the policy of Boise Cascade Corporation to provide
retirement benefits to qualified employees in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the company's retirement plans.  In order
to ensure that employees of Boise Cascade Corporation receive
retirement benefits earned during the course of their employment
with the company, the company will provide benefits in accordance
with the following:

 1.  The amount by which retirement benefits of any employee
     under the terms of the Boise Cascade Corporation Pension
     Plan for Salaried Employees (the Salaried Plan) are reduced
     by reason of the limitations of Section 415 of the Internal
     Revenue Code or by any other law requiring reduction in
     benefits otherwise payable from the Salaried Plan shall be
     an additional unfunded retirement benefit, payable from the
     general assets of the company, at the time and in the same
     form as pension benefits are paid to or on behalf of the
     employee under the terms of the Salaried Plan.

 2.  The amount by which retirement benefits of any employee are
     reduced under the terms of the Salaried Plan as a result of
     compensation deferred under the company's 1982 Executive
     Officer Deferred Compensation Plan, 1986 Executive Officer
     Deferred Compensation Plan, Key Executive Performance Plan,
     1987 Key Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, or any
     similar plan or program adopted by the company providing for
     deferral of compensation earned by salaried employees, shall
     be an additional unfunded retirement benefit, payable from
     the general assets of the company at the time and in the
     same form as pension benefits are paid to or on behalf of
     the employee under the terms of the Salaried Plan.

 3.  If an employee is also eligible for benefits under the Sup-
     plemental Early Retirement Plan for Executive Officers (the
     SERP), supplemental benefits under this policy shall also be
     unreduced on account of early retirement.

 4.  Upon a potential change in control of the company (as
     defined in the SERP), the company shall calculate the
     present value of the amount payable under this policy and
     shall transfer a sum equal to 105% of this amount to the
     trustee of the company's Deferred Compensation and Benefits
     Trust.  The sum transferred may be in cash, marketable
     securities, or other property, and will be held and dis-
     bursed by the trustee subject to and in accordance with the
     terms of the Trust.  For purposes of calculating the sum to
     be transferred to the trustee, any employee whose employment
     has not been terminated prior to a potential change in
     control and who is entitled to benefits under this policy
     shall be deemed to have terminated his or her employment
     with the company upon the later of (i) the second
     anniversary of the date of the potential change in control
     or (ii) the date as of which the calculation is being made.