About West Forest

West Forest was founded in 2022 by Scott Gable as a company dedicated to bringing environmentally responsible commercial solutions to managing wildfire risk. As a long-term California resident, Scott has witnessed the devastation of numerous communities by wildfire in recent years.  He is now seeking a market-based solution to address overstocked and fire damaged forests and return forestland to a more fire-resilient conditions.

About Scott Gable

Scott has spent his career bringing concepts to reality. As a strategic planner for a major bank, he wrote a white paper that launched the largest home equity lending business in the United States, and he led a 5,000-person service team for the operation. As an operator, he helped build the first large-scale single family rental company and helped take the company public on the NYSE in 2014. As a leader, Scott created an automated parking lift company in the US that transformed residential apartment construction, and was recognized by Inc. magazine three years in a row as one of America’s fastest growing companies.

Scott grew up in a rural logging and farming community. He is an avid hiker who is committed to conserving the outdoors for generations to come.