Mark L. Johnson
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...
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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...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 9, 2020
- 1 min
Tortolita Preserve-Cactus Chaser Event
Marana Parks & Recreation has issued the following notice regarding the upcoming mountain biking event called the Cactus Chaser: Marana...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 6, 2020
- 1 min
Marana P&R-Master Plan-Comments
The Tortolita Alliance submitted a Comment Letter today on the Draft Marana Parks & Recreation Master Plan 2020-2030. Click the link...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
TA Tidbits #15-Parks, Signs, Gas & More
P&R Master Plan Marana is holding a Town Council Study Session on Tuesday, 12/8/20 at 6:00 PM to review the draft of the Park &...
Mark L. Johnson
- Nov 21, 2020
- 3 min
Dry and More Dry
This is our 4th Quarter 2020 Drought Update The western US drought shows no signs of improving. A recent Cronkite News Drought Article...
Mark L. Johnson
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
TA Tidbits #14-TA In Action
Drew and Hannah King sporting their Tortolita Alliance (TA) Tee Shirts in front of the Strong Arm saguaro cactus in the Tortolita...
Mark L. Johnson
- Nov 14, 2020
- 1 min
Tortolita Mountain Fires-Aftermath
Joe Thomas and Kit Nidever (TA Members) hiked the Wild Burro, Wild Burro Loop and Ridgeline Trails on 11/10/20. Joe provided the...
Mark L. Johnson
- Nov 8, 2020
- 3 min
Mandarina on Tangerina
How's my Italian? The Marana Town Council is conducting a Study Session on Tuesday (11/10/20) and one of the items (D2) is a proposed...
Mark L. Johnson
- Oct 25, 2020
- 5 min
TA Tidbits #13-Out Of The Thicket
Did you know that Marana means "thicket" (dense growth of shrubs, bushes and small trees) in spanish? Recently, there has been lots of...
Mark L. Johnson
- Oct 17, 2020
- 2 min
Tortolita 30 Rezoning-Traffic Study Jam
Proposed Roundabout At Tortolita Road/Moore Road Raises Big Questions Tortolita Alliance (TA) is engaged with the proposed rezoning of 30...
Mark L. Johnson
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
Marana's Fiscal Fiasco
Marana Town Council conducted a Study Session last night (10/13/20) and the top item was a discussion on Infrastructure Funding. Here is...
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