GLADE: Green Leadership Academy for Diverse Ecosystems

Within each participant GLADE fosters and facilitates environmental awareness, leadership excellence, career opportunities , lifelong friendships, a generation of conservation and community minded activists, hope for the future, and joy for today!
Contribute joyfully to this integrity and character building academy at the link below
and feel great about making a positive impact in your community and beyond!

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Being the Director of GLADE has been one of the very best part of the last three years of my life. I have enjoyed building relationships with GLADErs, Audubon supporters, and all the people that make GLADE an impactful experience, but it is time to pass the torch. I could not think of a more qualified and respected person than … Ann Wallenmeyer! Annie retired from education after 32 years in June of 2024. She taught for 12 years then became the SPS K-12 Science Curriculum Coordinator for 20 years. She helped with the development of the WOLF program, school gardens, and the Environmental Science pathway at Hillcrest Highschool.
In 2022, Ann became a Master Naturalist and received her pin in 2025. Her qualifications and connections are great but her best quality is that she loves working with students, sharing her love of the natural world! Please help me welcome Ann Wallenmeyer as the new 2026 GLADE Director!

GLADE 2025 is off to a great start with the help of JRBP, MDC, The MO Prairie Foundation, the Shoal Creek Confluence Watershed and a multitude of conservationists who have dedicated time guiding these young naturalists!

Making a difference for our lands, waters, air, and people! Building conservation-minded communities in the Ozarks!