Students, educator share stories of 2015 GLADE camp. One of the more exciting student-immersion programs in the Ozarks is GLADE, sponsored by the Greater Ozarks Audubon Society, which takes ecology-minded high schoolers out into the hills of Taney County to work, study and play for a week each summer. One of the leaders and founders of GLADE, Dr. Janice Greene from Missouri State University, and some students who attended the 2015 GLADE camp, recently shared their stories with KSMU. You can also find Tam.

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