Bill Currier says he hopes that Grand Haven Township doesn’t spend too much money trapping the nuisance beaver out of Pottawattomie Bayou.
After all, Currier had already trapped several beavers out of the lodge located just to the west of the township’s Pottawattomie Park.
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