Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/January" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>January</span></a> 19, 1917<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> Leo Drey, American <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Timber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Timber</span></a> magnate, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Conservationist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservationist</span></a>, & <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Philanthropist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philanthropist</span></a>, is born.</p><p>Leo loved <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a>. He devised a way to harvest individual <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trees</span></a> w/out harming his commercial <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forest</span></a>.</p><p>Leo acquired 160,000 acres of the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Ozarks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ozarks</span></a> to create <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PioneerForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PioneerForest</span></a>, which he gifted to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Missouri</span></a> in 2005. His foundation protects natural areas.</p><p>Leo's <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Voicemail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voicemail</span></a> greeting was,</p><p>"I'm out planting a forest. Please leave your name & number, & I'll try to get back to you before it matures."</p>