Mark L. Johnson
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...
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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 18, 2021
- 1 min
Green Acres
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...
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
- 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 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...
Mark L. Johnson
- May 9, 2021
- 1 min
Happy Mothers Day From TP!
An early morning hike in the Tortolita Preserve on Mothers Day 2021 revealed continued dry conditions and tree/cactus/plant stress. Palo...
Mark L. Johnson
- Apr 30, 2021
- 4 min
TA Tidbits #20-TA In Action
TA Presentations Tortolita Alliance (TA) made presentations to the Del Webb Dove Mountain HOA (2/11), Dove Mountain Civic Association...
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- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
Water Woes III-Shortages
This is the third part of the Water Woes Series which describes how the Drought Conservation Plan (DCP) Shortages are implemented. Lake...
Mark L. Johnson
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
Guild Wash EA
Some Tortolita Alliance (TA) members might have received a postcard invitation (see invite left) to comment on the Guild Wash-Santa Cruz...
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- 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 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
- 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...
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