The Uinta Basin Railway would be constructed along one of three proposed routes and would have major impacts to air, water, wildlife and communities on surrounding lands. To explore the proposed routes in more detail and see how the project might affect you, check out this interactive map.

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An environmental impact study examining potential harm to wildlife, plants and other resources is under way, but the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition has already designated Whitmore Park as the preferred route.

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The federal Surface Transportation Board removed an earlier route to Craig, Colo. from consideration at the request of the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition. Citing wildlife and other resource concerns, the Colorado office of the Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Parks and Wildlife had also requested that the route be removed from consideration. Now that it has been taken off of the table, the railway would certainly be constructed through the off-grid community in Argyle Canyon. All three remaining routes cut through that area.