Rightly or wrongly I suspect he was referring to OFFICIALS (as in Government folks) and we know (TV cop shows) that LE won't discuss details of an ongoing investigation.

Seriously, pretty early in any investigation and especially given the likely tribal member involvement.

And if this ends up leading to a serious theft/poaching/illegal sales investigation we probably won't hear any details for quite a while.

That said, it would be responsive for WDFW LE to periodically reaffirm that they are still actively working the case to reassure everyone that it simply has not been "lost."