SCVNews.com | Cleanup of Whittaker-Bermite Land Completed, Land Remains Up in the Air
Senior Investigative Reporter for The Signal As the cleanup of close to 1,000 acres of contaminated soil and water at Whittaker-Bermite comes to a close, and while lawyers in bankruptcy court hundreds of miles from the site slice through litigation so that one day stores or homes can be built there, the land itself is reverting to the way it was long before the dynamite makers made a mess of it, where the deer — if not the antelope — and other critters play, marking a robust return of wildlife. “We’ve had deer making regular visits and, in fact, all kinds of wildlife at the site,” ...