Tortolita Alliance
TA Tidbits #54-TA Reaching Out
Highlands Lifelong Learning Group Tours Tortolita Preserve With Dave Barker (TA Board Member-back left) Tortolita Alliance (TA) is...
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Tortolita Alliance
- Mar 15
- 1 min
TA Tidbits #53-TP Wildlife Cams & The Puma
Mountain Lion (Puma)-Tortolita Preserve (3/14/24) Tortolita Preserve Wildlife Cameras On 3/6/24, two new wildlife cameras were set up in...
Tortolita Alliance
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Marana DAWS Modification-ADWR Decision On Objections-Draft Decision & Order and TA Response Letter
Picacho Peak & Full Moon Decision On Objections and Draft Decision & Order The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) issued a...
Tortolita Alliance
- Feb 16
- 3 min
Marana DAWS Modification-Objection Letter & Hearing Update
Tortolita Alliance (TA) filed its 6th Public Records Request (PRR) to obtain copies of the Objection Letters and obtain information...
Tortolita Alliance
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Heart Warming-Saguaro Planting Day
Baby Strong-Arm II Today's Valentine's Day Saguaro Planting Event at the Tortolita Preserve was a huge success. This event was sponsored...
Tortolita Alliance
- Feb 10
- 2 min
TA Strategic Plan & Financial Update
The Beginning The Tortolita Alliance (TA) was formed four years ago in response to efforts by the Town of Marana (Marana) and the Arizona...
Tortolita Alliance
- Feb 3
- 1 min
TA Tidbits #52-TP Secure & Strong-Arm Still Strong
The Front Tortolita Preserve (1/24/24) TP North Entrance (Brittlebush Drive) Secure Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR) has installed...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Saguaro Planting Days-Tortolita Preserve & Mountain Park-Sign-Up
As reported yesterday, Tucson Audubon in conjunction with Marana P&R is sponsoring a Valentine's Day saguaro planting event at the...
Tortolita Alliance
- Jan 21
- 1 min
TA Tidbits #51-TP Fence Complete & Valentine's-TP Saguaro Planting Day
Tortolita Preserve (TP)-Western Fence Project-North Section TP Western Fence Project Complete Marana has completed the Western Fence...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jan 14
- 4 min
DAWS Flaws
Tony Davis wrote an excellent article regarding the Marana DAWS Modification Application (Application) that headlined in today's Arizona...
Mark L. Johnson
- Jan 6
- 1 min
Marana Water DAWS Modification-Reminder-Objection Letter
Our Marana In Marana Water DAWS Modification-Part IV-Objection Letter we provided the Background, Revised Public Notice & Objection...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 30, 2023
- 2 min
Marana Water DAWS Modification-Part IV-Objection Letter
Our Marana Water is the sustenance of life. We cannot live without it. Yet the Town of Marana-Marana Water (MW) plans to quadruple the...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 22, 2023
- 1 min
TA Alert-#3!-Marana Water DAWS Modification Application-Public Notice Revision & Comment Letter Prep
Public Notice Revision ADWR Legal agrees with our finding that the Marana DAWS Modification Application Public Notice published in the...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 21, 2023
- 1 min
TA Alert-#2!-Marana Water DAWS Modification Application-Public Notice
Public Notice The public notice (left) requesting written objections to the Marana Water Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS)...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 19, 2023
- 2 min
TA Alert!-Marana Water DAWS Modification Application-Public Comment Period
Application-Public Comment Period Marana Water filed a Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS) Modification Application on 5/18/22. For...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 10, 2023
- 1 min
TA Tidbits #50-Invasive Grasses Too Close To Home
Buffelgrass-Brittlebush Drive-Dove Mountain (11/29/23) On a recent hike, my wife (Shirley) and I noticed a patch of buffelgrass on...
Mark L. Johnson
- Dec 3, 2023
- 3 min
TA Tidbits # 49 Ant Mounds-Harvester Or Leafcutter?
Harvester Ant Mound (Nest) Wild Burro Wash (11/26/23) You have probably seen the perfectly shaped ant mounds that look like...
Mark L. Johnson
- Nov 25, 2023
- 1 min
TA Tidbits #48 One Water Public Comments & No LIV Golf-Tucson (2024)
One Water-Public Comments Arizona Daily Star (Tony Davis) reported recently that many public comments regarding the Tucson Water (TW) One...
Mark L. Johnson
- Nov 19, 2023
- 1 min
TA Tidbits #47 Litter, Glitter & Critters
Tortolita Preserve (10/28/23) Branch Litter Mulching To Restore Old Cow Path Tortolita Preserve (TP) Projects In The News The TP...
Mark L. Johnson
- Nov 9, 2023
- 1 min
Hence The Western Fence
Tortolita Preserve-Western Fence Installation (11/8/23) On 5/22/20, the Tortolita Alliance (TA) met with Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR)...
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