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JACKSON, Wyo. — In honor of National Dog Day on Tuesday, Aug. 26, Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) is celebrating Working Dogs for Conservation and the trained canines that use their strong sense of scent to locate invasive plants along the Snake River.
“These pups aren’t just cute, they’re trained to sniff out invasive plants like salt cedar and perennial pepperweed,” GTNP wrote via Facebook.
According to GTNP, these trained canines are better than humans at detecting invasive plants. From 2020 to 2024, these pups used their noses to track down 190 new