Mark L. Johnson 4 days ago 2 min TA Alert! Road Noise! I-11 The Tortolita Alliance (TA) is collaborating with the Coalition For Sonoran Desert Protection (CSDP) and other environmental groups in...
Mark L. Johnson Jul 22 1 min TA 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. Johnson Jun 29 1 min Alert! Tortolita Preserve Now Open Good Afternoon. Marana Park & Recreation just contacted the Tortolita Alliance (TA) to let us know that the Arizona State Land...
Mark L. Johnson Jun 29 1 min Alert! Tortolita Preserve Closed Good morning Tortolita Alliance (TA) Members. Last evening a TA Member noticed someone posting a notice on Tortolita Preserve (TP)...
Mark L. Johnson May 5 1 min Chopper 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. Johnson May 5 1 min Chopper 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. Johnson Feb 23 1 min TA Alert! Marana CIP The 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. Johnson Jan 10 1 min TA Alert-Marana Study Session & TA Annual Report Dove Mountain Sunrise Upper Javelina Trail Looking South Toward Tortolita Preserve Happy New Year! Here are a few alerts to start off...
Mark L. Johnson Sep 30, 2020 1 min TA Alert! Tucson Water Temporary Conversion From CAP Groundwater to Non-CAP Groundwater Tucson 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. Johnson Sep 28, 2020 1 min TA Alert-Tortolita 30 Rezoning On 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. Johnson Sep 21, 2020 1 min TA Alert! Marana Study Session 9/22-On-Site Recreational Areas Tortolita Alliance (TA) has provided a Comment Letter regarding the proposed subdivision on-site recreational area requirements to be...
Mark L. Johnson Sep 1, 2020 2 min TA Alert! La Puerta del Norte Annexation Proposed La Puerta del Norte Annexation/Development (Yellow) & Surrounding Lands Good morning TA members. We apologize for the short...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 29, 2020 1 min TA Alert-Westridge, Dove & Edwin Fires 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...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 28, 2020 1 min TA Alert-Dove Fire & Edwin Fire Photos by AZ Forestry & Fire Management Around 3:30 this afternoon my wife and I witnessed a lightning strike in the Tortolita Mountains...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 22, 2020 1 min TA Alert-Westridge Fire #5-70% Contained The Westridge Fire perimeter is still about 500 acres in Cochie Canyon. The fire is 70% contained. The rains Thursday night did not...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 19, 2020 1 min TA Alert-Westridge Fire #4-Under Control This morning I spoke with a representative at Arizona Forestry and Fire Management-Tucson Office and he reports that the Westridge Fire...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 18, 2020 1 min TA Alert-Westridge Fire #3-Not A Prescribed Burn Yesterday, there were reports from Northwest Fire and Marana PD that the Westridge Fire was a prescribed burn. That information was...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 18, 2020 1 min TA Alert-Westridge Fire #2-120 acres At 8:20 PM, AZ Forestry & Fire Management posted the following tweet: "Per Air Attack, the #WestridgeFire in the #Tortolitas is 120...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 18, 2020 1 min TA Alert! Westridge Fire 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...
Mark L. Johnson Aug 1, 2020 1 min TA Alert! New Early Voting Options Yesterday, Pima County/Marana released new emergency in-person early voting options for the 2020 Primary-Local Election. You can now...
Mark L. Johnson Jul 14, 2020 1 min TA Alert! Marana Study Session-7/14/20 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...
Mark L. Johnson Jun 12, 2020 1 min TA Alert! Tortolita Fire Update #7-100% Contained Fire is 100% contained. Final fire perimeter acreage is 3,140 acres. TA will send thank you letter/email to Arizona Department of...
Mark L. Johnson Jun 11, 2020 1 min TA Alert-Tortolita Fire Update #6-60% Containment Fire is 60% contained. Resources being redirected to other fires. See latest InciWeb Report. Wild Burro Trailhead still closed. Will...
Mark L. Johnson Jun 10, 2020 1 min TA Alert-Tortolita Fire Update #5 Fire officials have finally released the fire perimeter map for the Tortolita Fire (see above). Total acreage within the fire perimeter...
