r/foodforests

I’d like to develop a foraging trail through our Wisconsin woodlands. We have about 65 acres of oak and walnut woodland - hilly, some older growth, most newer, some in decent shape, some with heavy invasives. My dream is to create a trail (over the next decade+) where we manage along the trail for native woodland edibles - mushrooms, wild ramps, nuts, others? How do I figure out how to do that? Books or article recommendations? Podcasts?

There is this area in my neighbourhood that had an outdoor pool for the complex. That got filled with concrete and was closed off. About 5 years ago, the lock was broken and people started going there to walk there dogs, check out the space. It's got a big patch of grass where the pool was and some trees against one side of fence. I put chairs and a table on the paved part, also planted flowers in a big flower bed. I placed a small statue there too. So that got smashed and the plants got torn out. I totally expect that there would be damage from the elements/vandalism in a community garden and its more of a guerilla community garden because I did not ask for permission from property management. I don't intend to. I went there today and planted more flowers and some bean and zucchini seeds. Have any of you ever done anything like this? What advice would you give in terms of deterring people from just destroying things? And any general advice would be great!