I am Glen Rouse
living with ALS
For 31 years I worked as an Inventory Forester for Sierra Pacific Industries, a large timberland company which owns over 2.3 million acres of sustainably managed timberland in California, Oregon and Washington state.
I was diagnosed with ALS in September, 2020. I’m a member of the I AM ALS Clinic Trials and Legislative Affairs Team. I was enrolled in the HEALEY Platform trial in the regimen B arm, have recently joined Cytokinetics’ ALS Patient and Caregiver Advisory Council (ALS-PAC) and work with the group ALS Problem Solvers.
For 31 years I worked as an Inventory Forester for Sierra Pacific Industries, a large timberland company which owns over 2.3 million acres of sustainably managed timberland in California, Oregon and Washington state. Most of my job involved performing GIS analysis and data manipulation. I also was the software development forester charged with design and development of field technology programs our crewmembers use to collect data in the woods. I was the project forester for SPI’s Giant Sequoia Genetic Conservation program, which involved collecting cones from the approximately 67 natural groves, extracting seed, growing seedlings which we then out planted to establish new groves at more northerly latitudes as a hedge against catastrophic wildfire and climate change.
I have a B.S. in Forest Management from Humboldt State University, 1991 and am California Registered Professional Forester (# 2552).
