The Whiterock Conservancy near Coon Rapids in west-central Iowa is making plans for 12-hundred acres of land left to the organization by the Garst family. Mary Garst, the wife of hybrid seedcorn pioneer Roswell Garst, left the land to the conservancy following her death in 2014. Whiterock executive director, Conrad Kramer, says there are four sections of land involved….
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Kramer says the Whiterock Conservancy is taking control of the land with an estimated value of seven million dollars….
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Kramer says the non-profit conservancy depends on public support to run and they hope Iowans will help out.