Mark L. Johnson
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Upper Javelina Trail Looking East Hiked the Upper Javelina Trail on Sunday and it looks like Ireland up there--emerald green! Below is a...
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Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 17, 2021
- 1 min
Lush-Us
Tortolita Preserve Wash After Summer Monsoonal Rains August 2021 On Sunday, I hiked the Tortolita Preserve (TP) with three TA members who...
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 13, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! Interstate 11 Opposition To West Option
Tortolita Alliance (TA) received word yesterday that the comment period for the Interstate 11 (I-11) Final Environmental Impact Statement...
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 11, 2021
- 3 min
Marana Housing Chat
TA attended the Marana Town Council Housing Study Session (8/10/21). Click on the Button to View the Study Session PowerPoint. The...
Mark L. Johnson
- Aug 6, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! Study Up
Sunset-West Hyannisport, MA I took this photo a few days ago a short distance from my boyhood home on Cape Cod, MA. This is a beautiful...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
Water Woes VII-Water Poker
Thanks to the many Tortolita Alliance (TA) members who wrote letters and attended last night's Marana Planning Commission meeting...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
TA Alert! Road Noise! I-11
The Tortolita Alliance (TA) is collaborating with the Coalition For Sonoran Desert Protection (CSDP) and other environmental groups in...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 25, 2021
- 3 min
Water Woes VI-ARIDIFICATION
Aridification is the process whereby a region becomes increasingly drier (arid) over a long period of time. Climate change and the...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! More Rooftops & H2O?
Camino De Oeste 34 Marana Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 28 at 6:30 in the Town Council Chambers...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
Water Woes V-Tidal Wave
There has been a tidal wave of significant news in the Arizona water world. Here is the skinny. ADWR Tells Pinal County No More...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
TA Tidbits #25-TA Logo-Patches, Website Improvements & Something Called Rain
TA Logo & Patches We are happy to announce that the beautiful Tortolita Alliance (TA) logo has received official Trade Mark (TM) status...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Swimming In Taxes
Marana is planning to raise the sales tax to fund a proposed Community Center and Aquatic Center. TA has remained neutral regarding the...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
Alert! Tortolita Preserve Now Open
Good Afternoon. Marana Park & Recreation just contacted the Tortolita Alliance (TA) to let us know that the Arizona State Land...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
Alert! Tortolita Preserve Closed
Good morning Tortolita Alliance (TA) Members. Last evening a TA Member noticed someone posting a notice on Tortolita Preserve (TP)...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 27, 2021
- 1 min
TA Tidbits #24 Julio & More
Hiked the Wild Burro Trail very early this morning and ran into Julio the Gila Monster. Click on the video below to see him moving out!...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 24, 2021
- 4 min
Water Woes IV-Plan For Worst Case
Salton Sea-Imperial County, California-2018 Over the last four months there have been at least three studies released regarding the...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 15, 2021
- 4 min
Dove Mountain Development Status June 2021
Dove Mountain Development 101 A little background about Dove Mountain Development is provided here to help fully understand the...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min
TA Tidbits #23 Dried Fruit
Hiked the Upper Javelina Trail this morning at 5 AM to beat the heat. The saguaro fruit are beginning to ripen. See photo above that...
Mark L. Johnson
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
TA Tidbits # 22-Trails, Cows & Water
Saguaros Enjoying The Scenery Alamo Springs Trail Tortolita Preserve (TP) Natural Resource Survey TA met with Marana Parks & Recreation...
Mark L. Johnson
- May 18, 2021
- 2 min
TA Tidbits #21-More Happy Trails
Jim Tripp Moving On Jim Tripp (TA Vice President) and family have decided to move back to the mid-west. Accordingly, Jim has resigned as...
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