How does the role of politics and legislation that affect the timber industry today compare to that of a hundred years ago? In the early years of West Virginia’s statehood there was a government that tried to build it’s own identity. Starting out as an underdeveloped state that was rich in natural resources, there was an urgency to erect industry within West Virginia. Upon examination of West Virginia today, one can see the …showed first 75 words of 1249 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1249 total…However, other than the natural changes that occur, there really has not been a huge change in the fact that the state government still favors industry over the state residents and this is reflected in the way the state government is failing to enforce the laws that protect the bodies of water in this state by allowing the timber industry to contaminate bodies of water even if it is for “only a couple of years.”