and now will get to watch as gov and legislature will likely (or perhaps more appropriately "hopefully") get the national monument repealed and what the OR tried to pretend was so precious and valuable to them will go by the way.

They were playing a "dangerous" negotiating game, they came to the table and saw that a previously intransigent governor was seemingly willing to NOW discuss and compromise. But their fannies were hurt from being spurned in their supposed previous attempts at "negotiation" and "compromise". If immediate concessions were not offered, they had made up their minds that they would walk.

IOW, their desires to protect public lands (and Bears Ears most specifically) were so great, that they walked away from a opportunity, no matter how slow it was in actually presenting itself, to protect public lands (and Bears Ears most specifically).

Very rare are the situations where a "nuclear option" is the best option in a negotiation. I certainly don't think this was one of those times where it was best.