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Water Woes X No Status Quo
Drought Status Tortolita Alliance (TA) attended the Local Drought Impact Group (LDIG) Meeting via Microsoft Team on 11/10/21. LDIG is a...

Mark L. Johnson
Nov 10, 20213 min read


TA Tidbits #30 Grass, Planes & Trails
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I---I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."--Robert Frost Just back...

Mark L. Johnson
Nov 4, 20212 min read


TA Tidbits # 28 Save The Happy Habitat
Tortolita Mountains Photo by Nancy Major Huge Sonoran Desert Tortoise Found In Tortolita Preserve Marenis Kansfield (TA member) came upon...

Mark L. Johnson
Oct 10, 20212 min read


TA Tidbits #27 Stormy Times
End Of Monsoon Season Storm Upper Javelina Trail (9/26/21) Lake Mead Elevation Projections Worsen The United States Bureau of Reclamation...

Mark L. Johnson
Sep 29, 20211 min read


Saguaro Destruction
Several TA Members have reported the destruction of older saguaros at the Saguaro Reserve Subdivision (173 homes) now being mass graded...

Mark L. Johnson
Sep 19, 20211 min read


Wet But Dry
Tortolita Alliance (TA) attended the Pima County Local Drought Impact Group (LDIG) Meeting via Microsoft Team today (September 8, 2021)....

Mark L. Johnson
Sep 8, 20212 min read


TA Tidbits # 26 I-11, Land & Water
Tortolita Preserve (8/28/21)-Four Pots Of Gold Interstate 11 (I-11) Update Thanks to all the Tortolita Alliance (TA) members that wrote...

Mark L. Johnson
Aug 30, 20212 min read


Water Woes IX-Water Study Session Report Part B
Water Is The Sustenance Of Life In Part A we reported that Marana Water has 2,804 acre-feet (AF) of water remaining in its Designated...

Mark L. Johnson
Aug 28, 20213 min read


Water Woes VIII-Water Study Session Report Part A
Hope you had the opportunity to attend or watch (video stream) the Water Study Session on Tuesday. Jing Luo, Marana's new Water...

Mark L. Johnson
Aug 26, 20212 min read


Water & Flower Power
Alamo Springs Trail-Chest High Grass Hiked the Wild Burro & Alamo Springs Trail this morning. The Wild Burro Wash was flowing strong...

Mark L. Johnson
Aug 22, 20211 min read


TA Alert! Water Study Session
Marana Water Study Session Marana will be holding a Water Study Session in the Town Council Chambers on Tuesday, August 24 at 6:00 PM. ...

Mark L. Johnson
Aug 19, 20212 min read


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 11, 20213 min read


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 29, 20212 min read


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 25, 20213 min read


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 21, 20211 min read


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 18, 20211 min read


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 12, 20212 min read


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 11, 20212 min read


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 24, 20214 min read


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
Jun 13, 20212 min read
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