Mark L. Johnson
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We decided to move from La Quinta, CA (Coachella Valley near Palm Springs) to Marana, AZ for a lot of good reasons----cooler desert,...
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H. James Tripp
- Mar 30, 2021
- 1 min
Dry Tiers! Five Months To Next Water Shortage?
The US Bureau of Reclamation predicts a Lake Mead level of 1071.59 ft in January 2022, which would trigger a Tier 1 water shortage for...
Mark L. Johnson
- Mar 28, 2021
- 1 min
Alamo Spring-less
Went to the U of A Baseball game yesterday and stopped by Lindys On Fourth on the way home for a gigantic specialty hamburger and fries. ...
Mark L. Johnson
- Mar 25, 2021
- 4 min
Desert Mistletoe
Tortolita Alliance reached out to a local expert to learn more about desert mistletoe. Kelsey Yule received her PhD in 2018 from the...
Mark Johnson & Jim Tripp
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Water Woes II-Sustainable not Assured
Did you read the recent water articles in the Arizona Daily Star by Tony Davis? Lets take a look: Article 1: Climate change could reduce...
Mark L. Johnson
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
TA Tidbits #19-Current Events
Tortolita Preserve (TP) Field Visit With Marana Officials TA Board members met with Terry Rozema (Marana Town Manager), Jackie Craig...
Mark L. Johnson
- Mar 10, 2021
- 1 min
Dust Bowl
Tortolita Alliance (TA) attended the Local Drought Impact Group (LDIG) Meeting via Microsoft Team today (March 10, 2021). LDIG is a...
Mark L. Johnson
- Mar 7, 2021
- 1 min
UnLittered
Thanks to Tucson Clean & Beautiful and Tortolita Alliance (TA) Board Member David Howe for organizing today's Santa Cruz River Trash...
Mark L. Johnson
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
2021 TA Fund-Raiser
In 2020, the Tortolita Alliance (TA) was quite busy despite the pandemic. The TA 2020 Annual Report shows that many strategic plan items...
Mark L. Johnson
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
TA Tidbits #18-Owl-Water-Fire-Grass & Trash
Pima County Pygmy Owl Monitoring Pima County Newsletter Vol. 6 No. 3 (2/12/21) provides a nice description and update of the County's...
Mark L. Johnson
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
TA Alert! Marana CIP
The Marana Town Council meets tonight (2/23/21) in a Study Session to discuss the proposed 2022-26 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). TA...
Mark L. Johnson
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
UnBuffled
The Desert Museum and TA co-sponsored another successful Bufflegrass Pull event today in the Tortolita's near the Wild Burro Trail. ...
Mark L. Johnson
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
Water Woes I
Lake Mead-41% Full White Paper 6-Alternative Management Paradigms for the Future of the Colorado and Green Rivers casts doubt on the...
Mark L. Johnson
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
TA Tidbits #17-Hot Local News & Events
Sun-Moon-Earth Upper Javelina Trail TA Meets With Marana Town Manager TA Board members Mark Johnson, Dave Barker and Jim Tripp met via...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
Santa Cruz River Cleanup
Tucson Clean & Beautiful and other agencies/groups are sponsoring a Santa Cruz River Cleanup on March 7. The Tortolita Alliance is...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jan 26, 2021
- 1 min
Save Our Saguaros-Bufflegrass Pull
February is Save Our Saguaros-Beat Back Bufflegrass Month! The Desert Museum is sponsoring several bufflegrass pulls throughout the...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jan 16, 2021
- 2 min
TA Tidbits #16-Rare Plant, Marana Stuff & Volunteer Opportunities
Amanda and Trevor Switzer make a stop at Strong Arm Saguaro Cactus in the Tortolita Preserve. Amanda and Trevor were visiting from Texas...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jan 12, 2021
- 4 min
TA Annual Report-2020
2020 was the inaugural year for the Tortolita Alliance (TA). Much was accomplished despite the pandemic. In January, TA members met and...
Mark Johnson & Jim Tripp
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
Plan Before You Tax
The Marana Study Session (12/8/20) that covered the draft Parks & Recreation Master Plan 2020-2030 (P&R-Master Plan) was very...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 14, 2020
- 1 min
Cactus Chaser Event Canceled
Marana Parks & Recreation has canceled the Cactus Chaser mountain bike time trial event scheduled for this coming Saturday (12/19) in the...
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