Legitimate wildcrafters will also be encouraged not to choose the 'dark-side' of the business. Managers of public forests might consider posting signage and educating the public on the consequences of removing plant parts from protected parkland. Farmers and landowners would be wise to become informed on exactly what wildcrafters are taking and the cash value that non-timber forest products may have in markets. Which method is sustainable Wildcrafting that is carried out within an individuals own personal property can be as sustainable as the landowner wants it to be. Assuming the poachers aren't pillaging through your woods, wildcrafting your own forest is ideal.
Natural regeneration can be equal to the amount harvested.
New herbaceous plants or wild mushrooms can be introduced and nurtured. Plant densities and forest health can be constantly monitored. A healthy herbaceous crop growing under forest shade. Sugar maples, ash and American beech are ideal trees. Where it occurs on other people's property, wildcrafting is very difficult to monitor.