Foresters stuck “waiting” or “looking for planting spot” when given unlimited work area.

As the title suggests, I have run out of lumber and firewood for my settlement. I currently have 8 forester families employed with wide open spaces and unlimited work areas yet they are all idle unless assigned a specific work area. This is a PITA to constantly have to update the work area after checking to see if the families are waiting or planting (since there’s not a great visual queue from afar).

I’ve moved the forester camps several times yet everytime I move them and give them unlimited work space, they just plant a few trees around the immediate camp then go back to being idle. Am I doing something wrong?