This column has long followed the plight of the Monaro Grassland Earless Dragon - one of our region's most endangered reptiles. Regular readers may recall in 2012 (Hunting Dragons, November 2), I joined researcher Tim McGrath for a day crawling on hands and knees and turning over rocks searching for the rare critter on windswept travelling stock reserves south-east of Cooma.
Fast forward 11 years and according to NSW Department of Planning and Environment senior threatened species officer Rob Armstrong, with continuing changes to grasslands through the spread of weeds, intensified wet and dry cycles, and various pasture modification, there has been "a further worrying decline in species habitat".
