Lightning Strike Over Lake Mead (40% Full) Good morning Tortolita Alliance members. In case you have not seen it, here is my Guest...

Tortolita Alliance (TA) attended the Local Drought Impact Group (LDIG) Meeting via Microsoft Team on September 9, 2020. LDIG is a...

Tortolita Preserve Wash-Sunrise-9/6/20 Hiked the Tortolita Preserve-Highland Loop early this morning (5:30 AM start). Although 87...

Proposed La Puerta del Norte Annexation/Development (Yellow) & Surrounding Lands Good morning TA members. We apologize for the short...

Westridge Fire (last week) is now 100% contained. Dove Fire is quiet now but grew to 1,200 acres overnight and is 20% contained. See...

Photos by AZ Forestry & Fire Management Around 3:30 this afternoon my wife and I witnessed a lightning strike in the Tortolita Mountains...

Sunrise-Wild Mustang Trail-8/23/20 Discover Marana Website The Town's Discover Marana Website is geared toward informing prospective...

Meet Donna (Maybe Don) Sonoran Desert Tortoise Cochie Canyon Trail-8/23/20 Hiked the Wild Burro to Upper Javelina to Wild Mustang to...

The Westridge Fire perimeter is still about 500 acres in Cochie Canyon. The fire is 70% contained. The rains Thursday night did not...

This morning I spoke with a representative at Arizona Forestry and Fire Management-Tucson Office and he reports that the Westridge Fire...

Yesterday, there were reports from Northwest Fire and Marana PD that the Westridge Fire was a prescribed burn. That information was...

At 8:20 PM, AZ Forestry & Fire Management posted the following tweet: "Per Air Attack, the #WestridgeFire in the #Tortolitas is 120...

Westridge Fire at 3:30 PM (Photo by Newsbreak) Westridge Fire at 6:00 PM A small wildfire developed this afternoon in the Cochie Canyon...

Saguaros At Daybreak-Upper Javelina Trail (8/9/20) Here are some HOT Topics! Marana Election Results The following table shows the latest...

Five (5) members of the Tortolita Alliance (TA) attended a workshop on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 regarding the Town of Marana Parks &...

One year ago, Shirley and I retired to our new home in Dove Mountain (Marana). Like many, we moved here because of the Sonoran Desert,...

The Tortolita Alliance Website has been reorganized with the following improvements: Home-remains the same with latest blogs and photos...

Yesterday, Pima County/Marana released new emergency in-person early voting options for the 2020 Primary-Local Election. You can now...

The August 4, 2020 election includes Proposition 478 and 479. These propositions are fully described in the Election 2020 Publicity...

Jackie Craig is the candidate for Marana Town Council.  She is astute and has great energy and fresh ideas. Jackie is the only candidate...