Yes, but I suspect we will see much more of this. In addition to avoiding a violent confrontation, the permissive approach has the political benefit of keeping these guys in the news. They, and Donald Trump, are the voice of conservatism. As long as the ecological/archaeological damage is not too severe, I think it is in the best interest of liberals to encourage their antics. And they are likely to oblige since the attention validates their pathos.
This is also my reading of the Unicornstitution. Disagreements over it’s interpretation are handled by the various wrestling clauses in Article 3. I think this particular disagreement might be more appropriately handled with a a caged ladder match instead of sumo, by that’s an esoteric difference between my reading and Bubba’s, not a major difference.
Problem with that is “Fluffy” got busted on an outstanding warrant when he drove home to Phoenix. I believe right now he’s in the slammer. At least that’s the last I’ have heard of him.