It's been hot lately but our Sonoran Desert & Tortolita Mountains are still full of splendor! Enjoy some recent photos. Wild Burro Canyon...

Water is the sustenance of life. We cannot live without it. Water needs to be managed sensibly and with care. Arizona has been engaged in...

Part X covers Marana Water and Tucson Water including; (1) Town of Marana Joint Service Areas, (2) Marana Water and (3) Tucson Water....

Town Council Study Session (7/14/20) Report Item D1-KB Homes-Proposed La Puerta del Norte Annexation The Town Council narrowly (4-3)...

Good evening TA Members. Hope all is well! We apologize for the short notice but sometimes these things pop up and it takes time to...

Tortolita Alliance (TA) met with Marana Development Services and Planning on 7/8/20. The purpose of the meeting was to review the...

Tortolita Alliance (TA) attended the Local Drought Impact Group (LDIG) Meeting via Microsoft Team on July 8, 2020. LDIG is a bi-monthly...

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...

Tortolita Fire The Tortolita Fire covered 3,140 acres and was 100% contained in 6 days (June 5-11) during very windy conditions. Joe...

Happy Father's Day! Joe Thomas (TA Member and avid hiker) and I hiked to the Tortolita Fire Area this morning. It was an early departure...

Lease-onomics-Part III-TP Is Valuable Asset This is the third and final blog of a three part series that presents the economics related...

Lease-onomics-Part II-True Conc[f]essions This is the second in a series of three blogs that present the economics related to the...

Saguaro Fruit & Seeds Upper Javelina Trail-6/14/20 50 per 1,000,000-According to Ecology of the Saguaro-II, that's how many saguaro seeds...

Fire is 100% contained. Final fire perimeter acreage is 3,140 acres. TA will send thank you letter/email to Arizona Department of...

Fire is 60% contained. Resources being redirected to other fires. See latest InciWeb Report. Wild Burro Trailhead still closed. Will...

Fire officials have finally released the fire perimeter map for the Tortolita Fire (see above). Total acreage within the fire perimeter...

The wind is not helping with containing the Tortolita Fire. Click here to see latest InciWeb update. Late this afternoon, Marana Park &...

Aerial Photo of Tortolita Fire and Bighorn Fire in background-photo by InciWeb Unfortunately, winds have resulted in expansion of fire...

The Tortolita Fire is reported at 540 acres. Crews are conducting back burning and building fire lines. The fire is located 4-6 miles...