Protecting rivers that run through both tribal and non-tribal lands is clearly a task that requires cooperation and coordination. For their part, the tribes didn't walk away without victories to claim. They also upheld the tribe's right to withhold information concerning its own deliberations on the water quality issue. While the decision correctly walks a delicate line, it's unfortunate that tribal leaders found themselves defending secrecy. Instead, we would urge them to conduct their government business as transparently as possible.
Open government is simply good practice.
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