Last week there were two nice rain events in the Tortolita Preserve (TP) with 0.7 inch on Wednesday and 0.3 inch on Friday for a total of...

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!...

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...

Saguaros Enjoying The Scenery Alamo Springs Trail Tortolita Preserve (TP) Natural Resource Survey TA met with Marana Parks & Recreation...

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...

Strong-arm Saguaro Tortolita Preserve How many arms does Strong-arm have? Tortolita Preserve (TP) hikers and bikers always make a stop at...

An early morning hike in the Tortolita Preserve on Mothers Day 2021 revealed continued dry conditions and tree/cactus/plant stress. Palo...

TA Presentations Tortolita Alliance (TA) made presentations to the Del Webb Dove Mountain HOA (2/11), Dove Mountain Civic Association...

Marana Meltdown Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR) is holding the Marana Meltdown mountain bike time trial event at the Tortolita Preserve...

Living With Arizona Wildlife-Zoom Presentation-April 8, 2020 On Thursday, April 8th, Arizona Game & Fish (AG&F) Urban Wildlife...

The "Telltale" Saguaro along the top of the Upper Javelina Trail has flower buds this morning. Telltale is among the first Saguaro in...

Join the Bird Safe Buildings Program & Become a Citizen Scientist! In one year, 365 million to 1 billion birds die from window collisions...

Tortolita Alliance (TA) Spring 2021 Fund-Raiser was fantastic. We raised $6,255 ($5,185 on-line donations and $1,070 cash/checks). TA...

Tortolita Alliance (TA) Board member David Howe has organized a virtual presentation with Arizona Game & Fish (AG&F) entitled Living With...

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. ...

Tortolita Alliance reached out to a local expert to learn more about desert mistletoe. Kelsey Yule received her PhD in 2018 from the...

Tortolita Preserve (TP) Field Visit With Marana Officials TA Board members met with Terry Rozema (Marana Town Manager), Jackie Craig...

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...

The Desert Museum and TA co-sponsored another successful Bufflegrass Pull event today in the Tortolita's near the Wild Burro Trail. ...

Sun-Moon-Earth Upper Javelina Trail TA Meets With Marana Town Manager TA Board members Mark Johnson, Dave Barker and Jim Tripp met via...