Paper and building materials maker Boise Cascade Corp. drew rare praise from environmental groups yesterday after it said it would stop using timber from endangered, or old-growth, forests in the United States beginning in 2004. Boise also said it will no longer purchase wood products from endangered forests as they are discovered in countries including Chile, Indonesia and Canada...Rainforest Action Network sent letters to 12 U.S. forest products companies it said have the most destructive forest policy and challenged them to follow the lead of Boise Cascade. Among the companies highlighted were International Paper and Georgia-Pacific Co.