Colorado rancher who spent $50K fighting oil drilling wins wind project approval

A Colorado rancher spent $50,000 over nearly a decade fighting oil companies that used his 7,000-acre property to access neighboring mineral reserves without his consent. Weld County commissioners have now approved a wind energy project on a portion of his ranch. The rancher views the wind project as a financially beneficial alternative to the oil drilling he long opposed. He hopes the income generated will help his daughters sustain the family's cattle ranching business into the future.