Tony Davis wrote an excellent article regarding the Marana DAWS Modification Application (Application) that headlined in today's Arizona...

Our Marana In Marana Water DAWS Modification-Part IV-Objection Letter we provided the Background, Revised Public Notice & Objection...

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...

Public Notice Revision ADWR Legal agrees with our finding that the Marana DAWS Modification Application Public Notice published in the...

Public Notice The public notice (left) requesting written objections to the Marana Water Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS)...

Application-Public Comment Period Marana Water filed a Designated Assured Water Supply (DAWS) Modification Application on 5/18/22. For...

Buffelgrass-Brittlebush Drive-Dove Mountain (11/29/23) On a recent hike, my wife (Shirley) and I noticed a patch of buffelgrass on...

Harvester Ant Mound (Nest) Wild Burro Wash (11/26/23) You have probably seen the perfectly shaped ant mounds that look like...

One Water-Public Comments Arizona Daily Star (Tony Davis) reported recently that many public comments regarding the Tucson Water (TW) One...

Tortolita Preserve (10/28/23) Branch Litter Mulching To Restore Old Cow Path Tortolita Preserve (TP) Projects In The News The TP...

Tortolita Preserve-Western Fence Installation (11/8/23) On 5/22/20, the Tortolita Alliance (TA) met with Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR)...

Southwest Big Picture-Old Water~New Water Old Water (Colorado River) Water Woes XXI-H2O Hits The Fan (4/16/23) covered the proposed...

Tortolita Preserve-New Moore Road Trailhead (10/27/23) On 2/19/20, the Tortolita Alliance (TA) met with Marana Parks & Recreation (MPR)...

In May 2023, Governor Hobbs established the Governor's Water Policy Council and associated Assured Water Supply (AWS) Committee. The...

Tortolita Preserve-New Moore Rd. Trailhead Construction (9/30/23) Tortolita Preserve (TP)-Moore Rd Trailhead Construction The...

Colorado River Status Current Conditions The above normal 2023 Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack has resulted in a 10% improvement in...

Tortolita Alliance is conducting its 2023 Fundraiser. See our fundraiser page (below) that was recently published in Tucson Local Media...

The Tortolita Alliance (TA) Strategic Plan (2020) included a strategic goal to collaborate with other groups/agencies/public to conduct a...

Tortolita Preserve-After The Monsoon (8/27/23) Hiked the Tortolita Preserve (TP) Main Loop (7 miles) this early this morning. Reports of...

Mr. Big Stuff Tortolita Preserve (TP) This huge Sonoran Desert Tortoise paid a visit to a property adjacent to TP near Moore Road and...