Double Rainbow Over Tortolita Preserve (5/30/20) Good Things are Coming! This is a quick update on a few items: Tortolita Preserve Partnership-OHV Issue Tort...

None of us can claim that our lives are the same as they were two months ago. The abrupt threat and immediacy of action due to the COVID19 crisis has been a...

The Tortolita Alliance (TA) was formed in the fall of 2019 in response to a proposal by the Town of Marana (Marana) and Arizona State Land Department to reco...

Jackie Craig announced her candidacy for Marana Town Council at the Tortolita Alliance General Meeting on January 31, 2020. Jackie's campaign is going stron...

Beginnings The Tortolita Alliance (TA) was formed in the fall of 2019 in response to a proposal by the Town of Marana (Marana) and Arizona State Land Departm...

The Tortolita Alliance logo is unveiled! The logo represents the beauty of the Sonoran Desert and our mission of land conservancy including the protection of...

The Tortolita Preserve is a Lavender Landscape with all the Ironwood Trees in full bloom. Highly recommend a hike, mountain bike or horseback ride as it is ...

Part VIII covers the Central Arizona Project (CAP) including; (1) General Description, (2) Construction, (3) Pumping & Energy, (4) Arizona's Colorado River W...

Part VII provides the background on the Colorado River including; (1) General Description, (2) Law of the River, (3) Regulatory Quagmire, (4) Colorado River ...

Happy Mothers Day! Hiked the Wild Burro-Upper Javelina-Wild Mustang-Wild Burro-Alamo Springs-Wild Burro Trail today. This is fantastic 10.0 mile hike in a r...

Part VI provides the background on Arizona’s Groundwater Management Act (1980) and subsequent groundwater legislation/regulation that governs the use of grou...

TA attended (virtually) last night's Town Council meeting and paid particular attention to Item D1-Budgets: COVID-19 Impacts. Yiannis Kalaitzidis-Finance Dir...

Great Horned Owl Approaching Strong-Arm Saguaro Cactus (TP) Photo by Mark Dobbels Did you see Pima County Health Department's video showing Pima County COVID...

I am saddened to report another case of vandalism at the Tortolita Preserve (TP). The TP barbed wire boundary fence at the northwest corner of the drainage a...

The Marana Food Bank demand for food has quadrupled due to the coronavirus pandemic. They urgently need our help. Unfortunately, they cannot accept food don...

Part V provides the background on groundwater recharge (replenishment)---both natural and artificial. A good understanding of groundwater recharge is necessa...

Part IV provides the background on water law in the United States (US) and more specifically in Arizona (AZ). Many common water resource terms will be explai...

Saw the first and only (so far) saguaro cactus flower bloom today on the Upper Javelina Trail. Maybe this is the signal that the COVID-19 pandemic is on the...

Today the Tortolita Alliance (TA) provided letters to the Town of Marana (Marana) in advance of the April 21 Town Council Meeting regarding two items; (1) pr...

We hope everyone is safe and healthy. The Tortolita Preserve is teeming with birds, some wildflowers are still blooming and the cactus are starting to bloom....