Mark L. JohnsonOct 21, 20211 minTA Alert! Night FlightTortolita Alliance (TA) has heard recently from several residents in the Dove Mountain area about planes circling and buzzing at very...
Mark L. JohnsonOct 12, 20211 minTA Alert! Santa Cruz River Cleanup No. 2 At Ina Road Bridge CanceledTortolita Alliance and Tucson Clean & Beautiful have canceled the Santa Cruz River Cleanup at the Ina Road Bridge Location on October 23,...
Mark L. JohnsonSep 25, 20211 minTA Alert! Chopper Activity Dove MountainYou may have heard a helicopter buzzing Dove Mountain early this morning (midnight to 1 AM) and again currently (7:30 AM). Marana PD...
Mark L. JohnsonSep 1, 20211 minTA Alert! Marana Town Council-Call For CandidatesMarana 2022 Town Council Election-Call For Candidates The Marana Town Council will have four openings for the August 2022 election with...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 19, 20212 minTA Alert! Water Study SessionMarana 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. JohnsonAug 13, 20211 minTA Alert! Interstate 11 Opposition To West OptionTortolita Alliance (TA) received word yesterday that the comment period for the Interstate 11 (I-11) Final Environmental Impact Statement...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 6, 20211 minTA Alert! Study UpSunset-West Hyannisport, MA I took this photo a few days ago a short distance from my boyhood home on Cape Cod, MA. This is a beautiful...
Mark L. JohnsonJul 27, 20212 minTA Alert! Road Noise! I-11The Tortolita Alliance (TA) is collaborating with the Coalition For Sonoran Desert Protection (CSDP) and other environmental groups in...
Mark L. JohnsonJul 22, 20211 minTA 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. JohnsonJun 29, 20211 minAlert! Tortolita Preserve Now OpenGood Afternoon. Marana Park & Recreation just contacted the Tortolita Alliance (TA) to let us know that the Arizona State Land...
Mark L. JohnsonJun 29, 20211 minAlert! Tortolita Preserve ClosedGood morning Tortolita Alliance (TA) Members. Last evening a TA Member noticed someone posting a notice on Tortolita Preserve (TP)...
Mark L. JohnsonMay 5, 20211 minChopper Alert-Update!Marana PD has informed TA that the suspects have been apprehended by the US Customs & Border Patrol. Kudos to all our law enforcement...
Mark L. JohnsonMay 5, 20211 minChopper Alert!Good morning. Some of you may have heard and/or seen a helicopter (not the actual chopper left) making passes over the Tortolita...
Mark L. JohnsonFeb 23, 20211 minTA Alert! Marana CIPThe Marana Town Council meets tonight (2/23/21) in a Study Session to discuss the proposed 2022-26 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). TA...
Mark L. JohnsonJan 10, 20211 minTA Alert-Marana Study Session & TA Annual ReportDove Mountain Sunrise Upper Javelina Trail Looking South Toward Tortolita Preserve Happy New Year! Here are a few alerts to start off...
Mark L. JohnsonSep 30, 20201 minTA Alert! Tucson Water Temporary Conversion From CAP Groundwater to Non-CAP GroundwaterTucson Water issued an Advisory Bulletin on 9/25/20 indicating that they will be temporarily (10/2-11/7) switching from wells being...
Mark L. JohnsonSep 28, 20201 minTA Alert-Tortolita 30 RezoningOn Wednesday (9/30/20-6:30PM) the Marana Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider a rezoning application from DR Horton...
Mark L. JohnsonSep 21, 20201 minTA Alert! Marana Study Session 9/22-On-Site Recreational AreasTortolita Alliance (TA) has provided a Comment Letter regarding the proposed subdivision on-site recreational area requirements to be...
Mark L. JohnsonSep 1, 20202 minTA Alert! La Puerta del Norte AnnexationProposed La Puerta del Norte Annexation/Development (Yellow) & Surrounding Lands Good morning TA members. We apologize for the short...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 29, 20201 minTA Alert-Westridge, Dove & Edwin FiresWestridge Fire (last week) is now 100% contained. Dove Fire is quiet now but grew to 1,200 acres overnight and is 20% contained. See...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 28, 20201 minTA Alert-Dove Fire & Edwin FirePhotos by AZ Forestry & Fire Management Around 3:30 this afternoon my wife and I witnessed a lightning strike in the Tortolita Mountains...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 22, 20201 minTA Alert-Westridge Fire #5-70% ContainedThe Westridge Fire perimeter is still about 500 acres in Cochie Canyon. The fire is 70% contained. The rains Thursday night did not...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 19, 20201 minTA Alert-Westridge Fire #4-Under ControlThis morning I spoke with a representative at Arizona Forestry and Fire Management-Tucson Office and he reports that the Westridge Fire...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 18, 20201 minTA Alert-Westridge Fire #3-Not A Prescribed BurnYesterday, there were reports from Northwest Fire and Marana PD that the Westridge Fire was a prescribed burn. That information was...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 18, 20201 minTA Alert-Westridge Fire #2-120 acresAt 8:20 PM, AZ Forestry & Fire Management posted the following tweet: "Per Air Attack, the #WestridgeFire in the #Tortolitas is 120...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 18, 20201 minTA Alert! Westridge FireWestridge Fire at 3:30 PM (Photo by Newsbreak) Westridge Fire at 6:00 PM A small wildfire developed this afternoon in the Cochie Canyon...
Mark L. JohnsonAug 1, 20201 minTA Alert! New Early Voting OptionsYesterday, Pima County/Marana released new emergency in-person early voting options for the 2020 Primary-Local Election. You can now...
Mark L. JohnsonJul 14, 20201 minTA Alert! Marana Study Session-7/14/20Good evening TA Members. Hope all is well! We apologize for the short notice but sometimes these things pop up and it takes time to...
Mark L. JohnsonJun 12, 20201 minTA Alert! Tortolita Fire Update #7-100% ContainedFire is 100% contained. Final fire perimeter acreage is 3,140 acres. TA will send thank you letter/email to Arizona Department of...
Mark L. JohnsonJun 11, 20201 minTA Alert-Tortolita Fire Update #6-60% ContainmentFire is 60% contained. Resources being redirected to other fires. See latest InciWeb Report. Wild Burro Trailhead still closed. Will...