Hercules Glades Air Monitoring Site
The Hercules Glades air monitoring station is located in the Hercules-Glades Wilderness northeast of Branson. It provides data to help federal and state agencies assess regional haze. It is part of a program called Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE), charged with improving visibility in national parks larger than 6,000 acres and national wilderness areas larger than 5,000 acres.