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August 09, 2024
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Amelia Newcomb
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Our in-depth lead story today introduces you to two professionals who represent a shift in thinking about an essential ecosystem. As Weekly Editor Noelle Swan notes, “Where foresters of the past focused on sustaining tree populations to ensure future harvests, this new generation of ecological foresters looks to nurture the vast web of plants and wildlife that make up an ecosystem.”

We’re not talking either/or outlooks; just look at the story’s headline. The focus is on better understanding what makes forests thrive. So I hope you’ll take a refreshing walk in the woods with writer Richard Mertens.


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Today’s stories

And why we wrote them

A deeper look

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Alex Barrett stands in a 2-acre “patch cut” in a private forest he manages, June 7, 2024, in Westminster, Vermont. “It’s as messy as we can make it,” he says.

Today’s news briefs

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Students pet furs at the Friends of Cleveland School District open house for incoming middle schoolers at Cleveland Central Middle School, May 17, 2024, in Cleveland, Mississippi.
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Students attend a class at Super Climax Academy, a coaching institute training students to prepare for competitive examinations to secure government jobs, in Prayagraj, India, June 21, 2024.

Essay

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Monitor staff writer Ira Porter reports from Paris during the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Aug. 1, 2024.

The Monitor's View

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who was recommended by Bangladeshi student leaders as the head of the interim government.

A Christian Science Perspective

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Viewfinder

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Nicholas Matveev, Pierre-Luc Poulin, Laurent Lavigne, and Simon McTavish compete for Canada in the men’s canoe sprint, kayak four 500 m semifinal 1 at the Paris Olympics in Vaires-sur-Marne, France, Aug. 8, 2024. The Canadians ranked fifth. Germany took the gold in the final.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Karen Norris. )

A look ahead

Thanks for spending time with us today. On Monday, staff writer Scott Peterson, who’s just back from Ukraine, offers rare insight on Russia’s side of the front lines as he shares a deeply affecting conversation with two Russian prisoners of war. 

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