Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
LASSA JUDITH M
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BOISE INC. [BZ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
BOISE INC., 1111 WEST JEFFERSON STREET, SUITE 200		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/28/2011
(Street)

BOISE, ID 83702-5388		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 02/28/2011   F   2,603 (1) D $ 8.98 286,039 D  
Common Stock 03/01/2011   D   54,200 (2) D $ 0 231,839 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
LASSA JUDITH M
BOISE INC.
1111 WEST JEFFERSON STREET, SUITE 200
BOISE, ID 83702-5388		       Senior Vice President  

Signatures

 Judith M. Lassa   03/02/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On May 2, 2008, Ms. Lassa was awarded 77,000 shares of restricted stock under the Boise Inc. Incentive and Performance Plan. A portion of this 2008 award was service-condition vesting (22,800 shares) and the remaining portion was market-condition vesting (54,200 shares). The first 1/3 of the service-condition vesting restricted stock vested on March 2, 2009, and Ms. Lassa paid the withholding tax on those shares. The second 1/3 vested on March 1, 2010, and Ms. Lassa elected to have shares withheld to satisfy her tax withholding obligations. The final 1/3 vested on February 28, 2011, and Ms. Lassa elected to have shares withheld to satisfy her tax withholding obligations. Pursuant to Ms. Lassa's Restricted Stock Award Agreement, the company paid cash for the fractional shares.
(2) The market-condition vesting portion of Ms. Lassa's 2008 award (54,200 shares) would have vested as follows: 20,700 shares would have vested on February 28, 2011, if at some point before that date the company's stock price had closed at or above $10.00 on 20 of any consecutive 30 trading days; and 33,500 shares would have vested on February 28, 2011, if at some point before that date the company's stock price had closed at or above $12.50 on 20 of any consecutive 30 trading days. The company did not meet either of these stock price performance measures. Pursuant to Ms. Lassa's Restricted Stock Award Agreement, these 54,200 shares of market-condition vesting restricted stock were forfeited on March 1, 2011.

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