Editorâs note:
This is the final installment of a three-part series on the Curecanti legislation in the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act.
By BRUCE NOBLE
The agreement that launched Curecanti National Recreation Area in 1965 was signed by three interesting men. Foremost among them was the renowned conservationist and Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall. Among other things, Udall stood next to President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House when the Wilderness Act was signed into law in 1964. Another signatory to the Curecanti agreement was George Hartzog, a man who loved the National Park Service, but ruled the organization with an iron-hand as its director. Finally, the agreement includes the signature of Bureau of Reclamation Director Floyd Dominy. Dominy was both a dedicated dam-builder and a notorious womanizer who would not have fared well in the era of the Me Too Movement. (Dominyâs antics, both noteworthy and nefarious, are well documented in John Mc