Registration No. 333--48998

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

                                       TO

                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



                          LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Delaware                                 93-0609074
      (State of incorporation)            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

          805 S.W. Broadway
          Portland, Oregon                             97205-3303
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip code)


                          LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                        2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)



                                  MARK A. SUWYN
                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                          Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
                                805 S.W. Broadway
                           Portland, Oregon 97205-3303
                            Telephone: (503) 821-5100
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)



                                 DEREGISTRATION





                                 DEREGISTRATION


      The total  number of shares of common  stock,  $1 par value per share,  of
Louisiana-Pacific  Corporation registered pursuant hereto for issuance under the
Louisiana-Pacific  Corporation  2000 Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan is 1,500,000
shares, of which 121,035 shares have been sold since the Registration  Statement
became effective and 1,378,965 shares remain unsold. The Registration  Statement
is hereby amended to deregister the 1,378,965 remaining shares.





                                   SIGNATURES

      The  Registrant.  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused this
post-effective amendment to registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the city of Portland,  state of
Oregon, on the 3rd day of June, 2003.

                                 LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
                                 (Registrant)


                                 By:   /s/ Curtis M. Stevens
                                       ---------------------
                                       Curtis M. Stevens
                                       Executive Vice President, Administration,
                                       and Chief Financial Officer


      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
post-effective  amendment  to  registration  statement  has been  signed  by the
following persons in the capacities indicated as of the 3rd day of June, 2003.

      Signature                                 Title

*MARK A. SUWYN                  Chairman,  Chief Executive  Officer and Director
                                (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Curtis M. Stevens           Executive  Vice President,  Administration,  and
---------------------           Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
Curtis M. Stevens               Accounting Officer)


*E. GARY COOK                   Director


*ARCHIE W. DUNHAM               Director


---------------------           Director
Daniel K. Frierson


*PAUL W. HANSEN                 Director


*BRENDA J. LAUDERBACK           Director


---------------------           Director
Dustan E. McCoy


*LEE C. SIMPSON                 Director


*COLIN D. WATSON                Director



*By /s/ Anton C. Kirchhof
    ---------------------
      Anton C. Kirchhof, attorney-in-fact for each officer and director before
whose name an asterisk appears.