Honors & Awards

2025 Deputy Chief's Award — Recreation Opportunity Spectrum National Analysis

USDA Forest Service — Deputy Chief and Length of Service Awards Ceremony

October 2026

Category: Recreation, Access & Infrastructure

Associated with TRC Companies, Inc.

Recognized as part of the cross-program team that created a standardized national Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) layer for the Forest Service. Glenn helped develop two custom Python toolboxes and a workflow that processes roads, trails, terrain, and other data across CONUS, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, producing a national dataset that now supports other analyses, including timber operability and affected environments. (The 2025 awards were postponed and presented in October 2026.)

2024 Secretary's Honor Award — Climate Risk Viewer

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack — USDA's 73rd Honor Awards Ceremony

May 21, 2024 · Washington, DC

Associated with Locana, a TRC Company

Presented to the Climate Risk Viewer (CRV) team by Secretary Vilsack, recognizing the CRV’s impact on climate-informed decision-making across national forests and grasslands. Glenn served as the CRV’s lead developer.

2023 Chief's Honor Award — Climate Risk Viewer

USDA Forest Service — 2023 Chief's Honor Awards

March 13, 2024 (ceremony)

Category: Delivering the Non-Wildfire Crisis Strategy, BIL and IRA Programs with Ingenuity

Associated with Locana, a TRC Company

Recognized for the Climate Risk Viewer, highlighted by the Chief as an outstanding project in 2023.

Certificate of Appreciation — USDA Forest Service

Dr. Christopher Swanston, Forest Service Climate Advisor, Office of Sustainability and Climate

January 12, 2023

Associated with Locana, a TRC Company

For providing critical technical expertise in developing the gap analysis and decision support tool in response to Secretary’s Memo 1077-004: Climate Resilience and Carbon Stewardship of America’s Forests and Grasslands. Upon review, the Deputy Under Secretary called the tools “amazing” and “transformational.”

Honored Listee — Marquis Who's Who

Marquis Who's Who

February 2025

Associated with TRC Companies, Inc.

Selected as a 2025 Honored Listee by Marquis Who’s Who in recognition of his professional accomplishments.