PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 8 Dated: Dec. 6, 2001
(To Prospectus Dated February 25, 1998, and
Prospectus Supplement dated May 12, 1998)

[For SEC Filing   
Purposes Only:  
Rule 424(b)(2)   
File No. 333-41033]

$489,400,000
BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
Medium-Term Notes, Series A
Due 9 Months or More from Date of Issue

Date of Issue:        December 11, 2001        

Stated Maturity:      January 15, 2004           


Form of Note:

             X      Global

                     Definitive

           Fixed Rate Note

   X      Floating Rate Note:

     _____ Commercial Paper Rate Note

     _____ Federal Funds Effective Rate Note

     _____ Other

     Spread: +/- _____+200 basis points______

     Spread Multiplier: ____________________%

     Index Maturity: _________3 month*______

Principal Amount:            $25,000,000                   

Issue Price (As a Percentage of
Principal Amount):                  100%                     

Interest Rate/Initial Interest Rate:        4.0225%      

Redemption Provisions:                 N/A                 

CUSIP No.:                    09738HCE0                  





___X__ LIBOR Note
          __X__ LIBOR Telerate
          _____ LIBOR Reuters

_____ Treasury Rate Note

Maximum Interest Rate: _______%

Minimum Interest Rate:  _______%

     Interest Reset Period: ____________________________Quarterly________________________________
                                                 (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually, or annually)

Interest Payment Dates: 1/15, 4/15, 7/15, 10/15

Interest Reset Dates:  __________________

Calculation Agent: _____________________

Regular Record Dates: 1/1, 4/1, 7/1, 10/1             

Interest Determination Dates: _________________

Calculation Dates: __________________________

The agent is JPMorgan.

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.        SALOMON SMITH BARNEY