It's not just "wrangling". The business community was/is worried that Tribal push on Bildt II for habitat will kill business, especially big business like Boeing, Weyco, and the like. The habitat hammer is a big one. Got to build bigger hangers to build those big planes and there is a huge environmental impact. If the Tribes, or a Tribe, could stop it dead that would be bad for business. Look at how they have been able to work the various port/fuel loading issues.

I agree with Krijack about how siloed and kept in the dark many staff are. Many a time I knew and agency policy that was totally unknown to the folks I was dealing with. Had to educate them.