South Dakota law change lets young rescuer save more wild game bird eggs

By: Joshua Haiar

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: July 13, 2026

Words: 595

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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South Dakota farmers who run into the nests of pheasants, grouse or prairie chickens in their fields can now call someone to rescue the eggs, thanks to a teenager and a new state law.

Nineteen-year-old Madison Grimm, of Wallace, started Second Chance Flight to rescue viable wild duck eggs from nests destroyed when farmers harvest hay from a field. She hatches and raises the ducklings, and releases them into the wild.

Grimm already …

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