Leave it to Harold Johnson to tip their hand.
The OHV Volunteers (who have included Ty Davis) are invested in and may be able to create the appearance of the war, but involvement of a BLM truck is another thing. I'll bet that created a scramble in the Barstow Field office to cover their butts!
Notice how the BLM rapidly backing off on this tire-flattening story. Do you think they will advise the LA Times in a Letter to the Editor of their "mistake"?